Malaria-driven adaptation of MHC class I in wild bonobo populations
oleh: Emily E. Wroblewski, Lisbeth A. Guethlein, Aaron G. Anderson, Weimin Liu, Yingying Li, Sara E. Heisel, Andrew Jesse Connell, Jean-Bosco N. Ndjango, Paco Bertolani, John A. Hart, Terese B. Hart, Crickette M. Sanz, David B. Morgan, Martine Peeters, Paul M. Sharp, Beatrice H. Hahn, Peter Parham
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2023-02-01 |
Deskripsi
A variant of MHC class I is protective against severe malaria disease and enriched in affected African populations. Here, Wroblewski et al., characterise the consequences of malaria infection in wild bonobo populations showing that the presence of malaria drives a similar evolution in immune genes.