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MHC-mediated mate choice increases parasite resistance in salmon

Sofia Consuegra, Carlos Garcia De Leaniz Orcid Logo, Sofia Consuegra del Olmo Orcid Logo

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume: 275, Issue: 1641, Pages: 1397 - 1403

Swansea University Authors: Carlos Garcia De Leaniz Orcid Logo, Sofia Consuegra del Olmo Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1098/rspb.2008.0066

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Natural (parasite-driven) and sexual selection are thought to maintain high polymorphism in the genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), but support for a link between mate choice, MHC variation, and increased parasite resistance is circumstantial. We compared MHC diversity and Anisakis...

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ISSN: 0962-8452 1471-2954
Published: 2008
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title MHC-mediated mate choice increases parasite resistance in salmon
spellingShingle MHC-mediated mate choice increases parasite resistance in salmon
Carlos Garcia De Leaniz
Sofia Consuegra del Olmo
title_short MHC-mediated mate choice increases parasite resistance in salmon
title_full MHC-mediated mate choice increases parasite resistance in salmon
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description Natural (parasite-driven) and sexual selection are thought to maintain high polymorphism in the genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), but support for a link between mate choice, MHC variation, and increased parasite resistance is circumstantial. We compared MHC diversity and Anisakis loads amongst anadromous Atlantic salmon returning to four rivers to spawn which had originated from natural spawning (parents allowed to mate freely) or from artificial crosses (parents deprived from the potential benefits of mate choice). We found that the offspring of artificially-bred salmon had higher parasite loads and were almost 4 times more likely to be infected than free-mating salmon, despite having similar levels of MHC diversity. Moreover, the offspring of wild salmon were more MHC-dissimilar than the offspring of artificially-crossed salmon, and uninfected fish were more dissimilar for MHC than infected fish. Thus, our results suggest a link between disassortative mating and offspring benefits, and indicate that MHC-mediated mate choice and natural (parasite-driven) selection act in combination to maintain MHC diversity, and hence fitness. Therefore, artificial breeding programmes that negate the potential genetic benefits of mate choice may result in inherently inferior offspring, regardless of population size, rearing conditions, or genetic diversity.
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