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SUBMITTER: de Eyto E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3352546 | biostudies-other | 2011 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
de Eyto Elvira E McGinnity Philip P Huisman Jisca J Coughlan Jamie J Consuegra Sofia S Farrell Killian K O'Toole Ciar C Tufto Jarle J Megens Hendrik-Jan HJ Jordan William W Cross Tom T Stet Rene J M RJ
Evolutionary applications 20110704 6
Laboratory studies on associations between disease resistance and susceptibility and major histocompatibility (MH) genes in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar have shown the importance of immunogenetics in understanding the capacity of populations to fight specific diseases. However, the occurrence and virulence of pathogens may vary spatially and temporally in the wild, making it more complicated to predict the overall effect that MH genes exert on fitness of natural populations and over several life- ...[more]