MHC-DRBEVOLUTION PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO PARASITE RESISTANCE IN WHITE-TAILED DEER
- 1 March 2005
- journal article
- Published by Southwestern Association of Naturalists in The Southwestern Naturalist
- Vol. 50 (1) , 57-64
- https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909(2005)050<0057:mepiip>2.0.co;2
Abstract
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a gene complex closely linked to the vertebrate immune system due to its importance in antigen recognition and immune response to pathogens. As a result, the MHC has been considered a basis for genetic quality because of the devastating impact that parasites and disease can have on fitness. To improve our understanding of the MHC and parasite resistance in free-ranging species, we gathered data on genetics and parasite loads of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to determine whether the DRB region of the MHC contains alleles that are associated with abundance, intensity, and prevalence of parasites. Mean abundance and intensity of abomasal nematodes were strongly associated with phylogenetic groupings of Odvi-DRB alleles. Infection of ectoparasitic ticks was strongly associated with Odvi-DRB alleles but had a positive association with alleles from a different evolutionary lineage than abomasal nematodes. Our data suggest that allelic composition of the Mhc-DRB of white-tailed deer in southeastern Oklahoma might represent a genetic trade-off. Deer with alleles from the same Mhc-DRB evolutionary clade had strong resistance to one class of parasite, either abomasal nematodes or ectoparasitic ticks, whereas deer with alleles from both lineages tended to have moderate resistance to both pathogens, although weaker. El compuesto mayor de histocompatibilidad (MHC) es un complejo del gene cercanamente ligado al sistema de inmunidad en vertebrados debido a su importancia en el reconocimiento de antígenos y a la respuesta inmunológica a los patógeno. Consecuentemente, el MHC se ha considerado una base para la calidad genética debido al impacto devastador que los parásitos y enfermedades pueden tener en el estado físico. Para mejorar nuestro entendimineto del MHC y de la resistencia del parásito en un rango-libre de especies recogimos datos sobre la genética y carga parasitaria de los venados de cola blanca (Odocoileus virginianus) y así poder determinar si la región de DRB del MHC contiene alelos que se asocien con la abundancia, intensidad, y predominio de parásitos. La abundancia y la intensidad promedio de nematodos abomasales se encontraron fuertemente asociadas a agrupaciones filogenéticas de los alelos Odvi-DRB. La infección de ectoparásitos (garrapatas) se encontró fuertemente asociada a los alelos de Odvi-DRB pero tenía una asociación positiva con alelos de un linaje evolutivo distinto a los nematodos abomasales. Nuestros datos sugieren que la composición alelica del Mhc-DRB en los venados de cola blanca en el sudeste de Oklahoma puede representar una compensación genética. Los venados con alelos de la misma evolución cladistica de Mhc-DRB tenían fuerte resistencia a una clase de parásito, ya sea a los nematodos abomasales o a ectoparásitos (garrapatas), mientras que los venados con los alelos de ambos linajes tendieron a tener resistencia moderada a ambos patógenos, aunque la resistencia fue más débil.Keywords
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