MHC variability, life-traits and parasite diversity of European cyprinid fish

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Summary

Fish species, of which populations are exposed to high parasite pressure, in terms of high parasite species richness, maintain a high genetic diversity of the exon 2 of the MHC genes (presenting the peptide binding regions), allowing them to decrease their natural mortality rate.

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Published
2006-05-25
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Keywords

Biology, Species richness, Animal ecology, Major histocompatibility complex, Parasitism

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