Host–parasite network structure is associated with community-level immunogenetic diversity
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Host-parasite network structure is associated with community-level immunogenetic diversity.
Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) encode proteins that recognize foreign antigens and are thus crucial for immune response. In a population of a single host species, parasite-mediated selection drives MHC allelic diversity. However, in a community-wide context, species interactions may modulate selection regimes because the prevalence of a given parasite in a given host may de...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Communications
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6172