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JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
卷 75, 期 9, 页码 2299-2312出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02449.x
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fitness; genetic quality; growth rate; major histocompatibility complex; parasite; Poecilia reticulata
The genetic architecture of fitness at the class IIB gene of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in the guppy Poecilia reticulata was analysed. Diversity at the MHC is thought to be maintained by some form of balancing selection; heterozygote advantage, frequency-dependent selection or spatially and temporally fluctuating selection. Here these hypotheses are evaluated by using an algorithm that partitions the effect of specific MHC allele and genotypes on fitness measures. The effect of MHC genotype on surrogate measures of fitness was tested, including growth rate (at high and low bulk food diets), parasite load following a parasite challenge and survival. The number of copies of the Pore_a132 MHC allele was inversely related to infection by Gyrodactylus flukes and it appeared to be positively related to faster growth. Also, genotypes combining the Pore_a132 or other relatively common alleles paired with rare MHC alleles produced both advantageous and detrimental non-additive effects. Thus, the genetic architecture underlying fitness at the MHC is complex in the P. reticulata. (C) 2009 The Authors Journal compilation (C) 2009 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles
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