Depletion of MHC supertype during domestication can compromise immunocompetence

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays an important role in infectious disease resistance. The presence of certain MHC alleles and functionally similar groups of MHC alleles (i.e., supertypes) has been associated with resistance to particular parasite species. Farmed and domesticated fish...

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Published in:Mol Ecol
Main Authors: Smallbone, Willow, Ellison, Amy, Poulton, Simon, van Oosterhout, Cock, Cable, Joanne
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7898906/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33274493
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.15763
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