Maryana Sova
November 10th, 2015
Evolution Fall 2015
Annotated Bibliography – MHC Compatibility
Aarnink, Alice, Edward T. Mee, Nicolas Savy, Nicolas Congy-Jolivet, Nicola J. Rose, and Antoine Blancher. "Deleterious Impact of Feto-Maternal Mhc Compatibility on the Success of Pregnancy in a Macaque Model." Immunogenetics. 66.2 (2014): 105-113. Print. The authors of this paper wanted to focus on choosing to investigate the effect of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) feto-maternal similarity on propagation in a cynomolgus macaque made out of animals of Mauritian plunge. The Mauritian-determined macaque populace presents an extremely limited MHC polymorphism (just seven establishing haplotypes) because of a solid establishing bottleneck effect.
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It adds to my paper more in-depth look at what effects MHC has.
Eizaguirre, C, S E. Yeates, T L. Lenz, M Kalbe, and M Milinski. "Mhc-based Mate Choice Combines Good Genes and Maintenance of Mhc Polymorphism." Molecular Ecology. 18.15 (2009): 3316-3329. Print.
Polymorphic qualities of MHC are viewed as key qualities for individual wellness under states of normal and sexual choice. To test this speculation they examined a definitive individual wellness attribute, conceptive achievement. They utilized three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in seminatural walled in areas, situated in regular rearing zones where the exploratory fish had been gotten. Amid their conceptive period, fish were presented constantly to their common sympatric parasites. I can relate this article back to my paper by focusing yet again on effects of MHC on different animals. I can compare and contrast the differences.
Gasparini, Clelia, Leonardo Congiu, and Andrea Pilastro. "Major Histocompatibility Complex Similarity and Sexual Selection: Different Does Not Always Mean Attractive." Molecular Ecology. 24.16 (2015): 4286-4295.
Lake Malawi’s cichlid male population of fish are tested on their ability to build bowers to attract the female population. Altering this extended phenotype, or ability to build bowers resulted in no change of mating, but males that built successful bowers showed to
Reproductive monogamy is defined as an exclusive sexual relationship between a female and a male based on their sexual interactions. Social Monogamy refers to male and female’s social living arrangement without sexual interactions. It refers to the living patterns, raising offsprings, and obtaining food. Monogamy is common in birds, but also occurs in invertebrates. Why would a male mammal choose to mate with one female when he can mate with more than one? Why would the male stay around instead of finding another female to live with? Many researchers have attempted to answer this question of why some mammals prefer monogamy over polygamy. Vole rats, one of the species that perform monogamous mating, demonstrate pair boding. Male and female pairs of vole rats have been observed together over several months, and the males stay with females even when the female is not reproductively active. A typical vole family in the wild is almost always consisted of one male, one female, and their offspring. In addition, unlike other species in which females are the only ones taking care of the offspring, vole rats share parental roles and even build nests together. Because they show these monogamous behaviors, they have served as a good species/model to learn about monogamy for neuroscientists. In this paper, monogamy, specifically in vole rats, will be explained along with its proximate and ultimate causes of this adaptation.
fitness does well in its habitat and passes those favorable alleles onto its offspring when it reproduces.
Instructions • Use blue or black ink or ball-point pen. • Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. • Answer all questions in the spaces provided. All working must be shown. • Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want marked. Information • The maximum mark for this paper is 75. • Mark
Heterozygotes, which have the wild type phenotype, have normal sight which gives them the advantage of finding a mate and have a better success with attracting a mate with their courtship song (Kyriacou et al, 1978). The male heterozygous Drosophila had a better advantage at mating than the homozygotes, which were the ebony, and therefore we predict there will be more wild type by the end of the experiment.
Judson contributes to onefs understanding of sex among different organisms in that she makes difficult concepts simple to comprehend. Although she uses scientific terminology, she limits it so that anyone can understand the technical information she shares. Judson also describes the types of environments in which each species and
Biodiversity is life’s variety. It is the varying genetics that each species carries that makes it different and “unique”. Biodiversity is important, not only in evolution, but in survival; when sometimes those terms can mean the very same thing. Interestingly, biodiversity can mean a variance in the life itself – or within the genetics of a species. In keeping breeding habits within the same lineage, some animals risk lower biodiversity and sometimes even deformities and disease, as they are able to more easily pass on unfavorable hereditary traits. In increasing the overall biodiversity, the only risk is a
You are also provided with a heterozygous female, and a homozygous recessive male for a genetic cross. In this particular female, all the dominant alleles are on one chromosome, and the recessive counterparts are on the other homologous chromosome. Due to a chromosomal condition, in the female no recombination occurs between the M and N loci. Normal recombination occurs between the L and M loci. Diagram this cross, and show the genotypes and frequencies of all offspring expected from this cross.
Microsatellite and mitochondria DNA (mtDNA) genetic markers are often used in population genetic studies. Please detail the differences in their mode of inheritance, as well as what types of genetic information that these markers may provide.
As stated by the World Health Organization, “all fifteen HA subtypes and nine DNA subtypes have been detected in free flying birds”. (WHO, 2005, 12) They, in turn, provide a huge and highly mobile pool of genetic diversity.
There is a circumstance that has beset the understanding of evolution over time that there is no general theory involving primate evolution. Most of the theories are just mere speculation. Over the years, primates like gorillas, chimpanzees, and baboons all happened to have their turn in evolution. It was previously presumed that the taxon of interest happened to have the exact similar physiology and ecology as the analog taxon (Rafferty, 2010).The majority of the first primate species theories have been utilized because they solely share one fundamental characteristic with the hominines with the chimpanzees as the phylogenetic cousins. This paper addresses the different ecological conditions that handled the evolution of primates. It
The pairs of alternative traits examined segregated among the progeny of a particular cross, some individuals exhibiting one traits, some the other
Red Tailed Catfish mating systems are diverse and sexual selection is expected to be stronger in some lineages than others. In particular, polygynous mating systems and female-only parental care set the stage for potentially strong sexual selection by female choice. But does such intraspecific choosiness target the same coloration traits that also determine assortative mating.
Mate choice is a product of mate preferences form in the environment of evolutionary adaptiveness (EEA). Sexual selection suggests that females prefer males who they can gain benefits from such as gifts. This is shown in male birds who make nests for females in order to mate with them and also in insects who give nuptial gifts.