MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX GENES AND PARASITES IN CYPRINID FISH
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX GENES AND PARASITES IN CYPRINID FISH
Original language description
In this paper, I reviewed current knowledge on the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in fish, specifically focusing on the MHC IIB class in cyprinid species. The general hypotheses on the origin of MHC genes and the mechanisms maintaining the polymorphism of these genes are presented and exemplified by studies performed on fish. Among them, parasite-mediated selection (balancing selection) and reproductive mechanisms based on mating preferences are the most often cited mechanisms maintaining the extensive MHC polymorphism in fish. In fish, MHC polymorphism in populations is driven by parasites through overdominant selection or frequency-dependent selection. However, the intermediate number of MHC alleles was documented at the individual level associated with the lowest parasite load. A trade-off between investing in MHC and other components of life maintenance has been hypothesized and documented by inter-species (comparative analyses) and within-species studies. Sexual selection acts in the evolution of MHC polymorphism, where good or compatible genes of the male are generally selected by the female through mating preference. A mating preference for MHC genes has been documented in several fish species and it seems that the MHC diversity of the potential mating partner is evaluated by the olfactory system.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
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Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
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P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
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Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
VIE ET MILIEU-LIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
ISSN
0240-8759
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Volume of the periodical
67
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
FR - FRANCE
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
139-148
UT code for WoS article
000423264900010
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