MHC Adaptive Divergence between Closely Related and Sympatric African Cichlids

Jonatan Blais; Ciro Rico; Cock van Oosterhout; Joanne Cable; George F. Turner; Louis Bernatchez

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000734

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MHC Adaptive Divergence between Closely Related and Sympatric African Cichlids

Jonatan Blais,

Affiliations Département de Biologie, Québec-Océan, Université Laval, Quebec, Québec, Canada, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Sevilla, Spain, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
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Ciro Rico,

Affiliation Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Sevilla, Spain
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Cock van Oosterhout,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
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Joanne Cable,

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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George F. Turner,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
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Louis Bernatchez

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Louis.Bernatchez@bio.ulaval.ca

Affiliation Département de Biologie, Québec-Océan, Université Laval, Quebec, Québec, Canada
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MHC Adaptive Divergence between Closely Related and Sympatric African Cichlids

Jonatan Blais,
Ciro Rico,
Cock van Oosterhout,
Joanne Cable,
George F. Turner,
Louis Bernatchez

Published: August 15, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000734

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A great system and thorough piece of work

Posted by wormboy on 16 Aug 2007 at 18:33 GMT

I think this is a technically very good piece of work on the cichlid fish system and good advance on the field, particularly shedding light on the idea of trans-species polymorphism on the MHC as maintaining diversity through speciation and instead arguing a greater role for diversifying selection in driving adaptive evolution.

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