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| Title |
Balancing selection on immunity genes: review of the current literature and new analysis in Drosophila melanogaster
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| Published in |
Zoology, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.004 |
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| Authors |
Myriam Croze, Daniel Živković, Wolfgang Stephan, Stephan Hutter |
| Abstract |
Balancing selection has been widely assumed to be an important evolutionary force, yet even today little is known about its abundance and its impact on the patterns of genetic diversity. Several studies have shown examples of balancing selection in humans, plants or parasites, and many genes under balancing selection are involved in immunity. It has been proposed that host-parasite coevolution is one of the main forces driving immune genes to evolve under balancing selection. In this paper, we review the literature on balancing selection on immunity genes in several organisms, including Drosophila. Furthermore, we performed a genome scan for balancing selection in an African population of Drosophila melanogaster using coalescent simulations of a demographic model with and without selection. We find very few genes under balancing selection and only one novel candidate gene related to immunity. Finally, we discuss the possible causes of the low number of genes under balancing selection. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Comoros | 1 | 10% |
| Spain | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 8 | 80% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 7 | 70% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 20% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 74 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 73 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 28% |
| Researcher | 13 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Unknown | 11 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 38 | 51% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 16 | 22% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 4% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 3% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 11 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 August 2016.
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#6,496,106
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