. "Ottov\u00E1, Eva" . "MHC variability, life-traits and parasite diversity of European cyprinid fish" . . . "14310" . "Evolutionary Ecology" . . "0269-7653" . . "DE - Spolkov\u00E1 republika N\u011Bmecko" . "MHC variability, life-traits and parasite diversity of European cyprinid fish"@en . "Potential links between fish life history traits, an immune investment as measured by variability of the MHC genes and parasitism were analysed in 14 species of cyprinid fish. The hypothesis of the diversity of MHC genes being driven by high parasite diversity, i.e. species richness, was tested and a potential relationship between the MHC diversity and fish life-history traits including adult mortality rate, fecundity, longevity and maturity was investigated. Molecular techniques (SSCP and sequencing) were applied to analyse the MHC nucleotide diversity of the exons 2 and 3 of DAB genes belonging to the MHC class IIB. The comparative analyses, using phylogenetic independent contrasts, revealed a negative relationship between parasite species richness and adult fish mortality rate. We also found a positive relationship between nucleotide diversity of the exon 2 and parasite species richness."@en . . "MHC variability, life-traits and parasite diversity of European cyprinid fish" . "Morand, Serge" . "13"^^ . . "[1C7C8F68647A]" . "P(GA524/04/1128), Z(MSM0021622416)" . . . . "485606" . "RIV/00216224:14310/06:00015627!RIV11-GA0-14310___" . . "20" . "Potential links between fish life history traits, an immune investment as measured by variability of the MHC genes and parasitism were analysed in 14 species of cyprinid fish. The hypothesis of the diversity of MHC genes being driven by high parasite diversity, i.e. species richness, was tested and a potential relationship between the MHC diversity and fish life-history traits including adult mortality rate, fecundity, longevity and maturity was investigated. Molecular techniques (SSCP and sequencing) were applied to analyse the MHC nucleotide diversity of the exons 2 and 3 of DAB genes belonging to the MHC class IIB. The comparative analyses, using phylogenetic independent contrasts, revealed a negative relationship between parasite species richness and adult fish mortality rate. We also found a positive relationship between nucleotide diversity of the exon 2 and parasite species richness." . . "3" . "MHC variability, life-traits and parasite diversity of European cyprinid fish"@en . "1"^^ . "MHC diversity; exon 2; metazoan parasites; cyprinid fish; life history traits"@en . . "Vete\u0161n\u00EDkov\u00E1 \u0160imkov\u00E1, Andrea" . "000239165200006" . . "3"^^ . "RIV/00216224:14310/06:00015627" . . . . . .