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SUBMITTER: de Eyto E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2093966 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Eyto Elvira E McGinnity Philip P Consuegra Sofia S Coughlan Jamie J Tufto Jarle J Farrell Killian K Megens Hendrik-Jan HJ Jordan William W Cross Tom T Stet René J M RJ
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20070301 1611
Pathogen-driven balancing selection is thought to maintain polymorphism in major histocompatibility (MH) genes. However, there have been few empirical demonstrations of selection acting on MH loci in natural populations. To determine whether natural selection on MH genes has fitness consequences for wild Atlantic salmon in natural conditions, we compared observed genotype frequencies of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) surviving in a river six months after their introduction as eggs with frequencie ...[more]