Artikel ; Online: Recent selection created distinctive variability patterns on MHC class II loci in three dolphin species from the Mediterranean Sea.
Developmental and comparative immunology
2023 Band 150, Seite(n) 105079
Abstract: The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) includes highly polymorphic genes involved in antigen presentation, which is crucial for adaptive immune response. They represent fitness related genetic markers particularly informative for populations exposed ... ...
Abstract | The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) includes highly polymorphic genes involved in antigen presentation, which is crucial for adaptive immune response. They represent fitness related genetic markers particularly informative for populations exposed to environmental challenges. Here we analyse the diversity and evolutionary traits of MHC class II DQA and DQB genes in the dolphins Stenella coeruleoalba and Grampus griseus from the Mediterranean Sea. We found substantial nucleotide and functional diversity, as well as strong evidence of balancing selection indicated by allele and supertype frequencies, Tajima's D statistics and dN/dS tests. The Risso's dolphin, considered the least abundant in the region, showed the effect of divergent allele advantage at the nucleotide and functional-peptide levels. An outstanding polymorphism was found in the striped dolphin, particularly intriguing in the DQA gene where the Ewens-Watterson test detected a selection sweep that occurred in recent history. We hypothesize that morbillivirus, which has recurrently invaded Mediterranean populations over the last decades, exerted the detected selective pressure. |
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Mesh-Begriff(e) | Animals ; Dolphins/genetics ; Mediterranean Sea ; Major Histocompatibility Complex ; Alleles ; Nucleotides |
Chemische Substanzen | Nucleotides |
Sprache | Englisch |
Erscheinungsdatum | 2023-10-12 |
Erscheinungsland | United States |
Dokumenttyp | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 752411-0 |
ISSN | 1879-0089 ; 0145-305X |
ISSN (online) | 1879-0089 |
ISSN | 0145-305X |
DOI | 10.1016/j.dci.2023.105079 |
Datenquelle | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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