ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2009
Atlantic salmon eggs favour sperm in competition that have similar major histocompatibility alleles.
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- A Review of Suggested Mechanisms of MHC Odor Signaling.Biology · 2022Review
- Female-induced selective modification of sperm protein SUMOylation-potential mechanistic insights into the non-random fertilization in humans.Journal of evolutionary biology · 2022Article
- Within-trio tests provide little support for post-copulatory selection on major histocompatibility complex haplotypes in a free-living population.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Differences in Mate Pairings of Hatchery- and Natural-Origin Coho Salmon Inferred from Offspring Genotypes.Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2021Article
- Gamete-level immunogenetic incompatibility in humans-towards deeper understanding of fertilization and infertility?Heredity · 2020Article
- Post-copulatory genetic matchmaking: HLA-dependent effects of cervical mucus on human sperm function.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2020Article
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- Cryptic haplotype-specific gamete selection yields offspring with optimal MHC immune genes.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2018Article
- Comparisons of reproductive function and fatty acid fillet quality between triploid and diploid farm Atlantic salmon (Royal Society open science · 2018Article
- Gamete-mediated mate choice: towards a more inclusive view of sexual selection.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2018Review
- MHC diversity and female age underpin reproductive success in an Australian icon; the Tasmanian Devil.Scientific reports · 2018Article
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- No evidence for MHC class II-based non-random mating at the gametic haplotype in Atlantic salmon.Heredity · 2017Article
- A novel method for estimating the strength of positive mating preference by similarity in the wild.Ecology and evolution · 2017Article
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Abstract
Polyandry and post-copulatory sexual selection provide opportunities for the evolution of female differential sperm selection. Here, we examined the influence of variation in major histocompatibility (MH) class I allelic composition upon sperm competition dynamics in Atlantic salmon. We ran in vitro fertilization competitions that mimicked the gametic microenvironment, and replicated a paired-male experimental design that allowed us to compare differences in sperm competition success among males when their sperm compete for eggs from females that were genetically either similar or dissimilar at the MH class I locus. Concurrently, we measured variation in spermatozoal traits that are known to influence relative fertilization success under these conditions. Contrary to the findings demonstrating mechanisms that promote MH complex heterozygosity, our results showed that males won significantly greater relative fertilization success when competing for eggs from genetically similar females at the MH class I. This result also showed covariation with the known influences of sperm velocity on relative fertilization success. We discuss these unexpected findings in relation to sperm-egg recognition and hybridization avoidance mechanisms based upon immunogenetic variation.
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