Symposium 17

Saturday August 25

There might be minor changes in the program.
Location: Ekonomikum 4

  Why MHC makes the difference – its role in various fields
  Organizers: Tobias Lenz, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany
Christophe Eizaguirre, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany
     
  9.45-10.15 Simone Sommer (invited)
Genes, health & sex: the role of immune gene variability (MHC) in parasite resistance and mate choice
  10.15-10.45 Gabriele Sorci (invited)
Adaptive MHC variation in a non-model species
  10.45-11.05 Karin Berggren
Allelic combinations of promoter and exon 2 in DQB1 in dogs and wolves
  11.05-11.35 Coffee
  11.35-11.55 Mark Gillingham
MHC and sexual selection in the fowl, Gallus gallus
  11.55-12.15 Nina Schwensow
MHC, parasites and mate choice in a free living primate
  12.15-12.35 Claire Loiseau
Antagonistic effects of a MHC Class I allele on malaria infected house sparrows
  12.35-12.55 Dustin Penn
MHC genes and individual odour
  12.55-14.00 Lunch

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