Publications of K. Mathias Wegner

Wegner, K. M.; Eizaguirre, C.: New(t)s and views from hybridizing MHC genes: introgression rather than trans-species polymorphism may shape allelic repertoires. Molecular Ecology 21 (4), pp. 779 - 781 (2012)

Raeymaekers, J. A. M.; Wegner, K. M.; Huyse, T.; Volckaert, F. A. M.: Infection dynamics of the monogenean parasite Gyrodactylus gasterostei on sympatric and allopatric populations of the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus. Folia Parasitologica 58 (1), pp. 27 - 34 (2011)

Kalbe, M.; Eizaguirre, C.; Dankert, I.; Reusch, T. B. H.; Sommerfeld, R. D.; Wegner, K. M.; Milinski, M.: Lifetime reproductive success is maximized with optimal major histocompatibility complex diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 276 (1658), pp. 925 - 934 (2009)

Wegner, K. M.; Kalbe, M.; Milinski, M.; Reusch, T. B. H.: Mortality selection during the 2003 European heat wave in three-spined sticklebacks: effects of parasites and MHC genotype - art. no. 124. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8, 124 (2008)

Wegner, K. M.; Kalbe, M.; Reusch, T. B. H.: Innate versus adaptive immunity in sticklebacks: evidence for trade-offs from a selection experiment. Evolutionary Ecology 21 (4), pp. 473 - 483 (2007)

Schaschl, H.; Wegner, K. M.: Contrasting mode of evolution between the MHC class I genomic region and class II region in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.; Gasterosteidae: Teleostei). Immunogenetics 59 (4), pp. 295 - 304 (2007)

Schaschl, H.; Wegner, K. M.: Polymorphism and signature of selection in the MHC class I genes of the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus. Journal of Fish Biology 89 (Suppl. B), pp. 177 - 188 (2006)

Kurtz, J.; Wegner, K. M.; Kalbe, M.; Reusch, T. B. H.; Schaschl, H.; Hasselquist, D.; Milinski, M.: MHC genes and oxidative stress in sticklebacks: an immuno-ecological approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 273 (1592), pp. 1407 - 1414 (2006)

Wegner, K. M.; Kalbe, M.; Rauch, G.; Kurtz, J.; Schaschl, H.; Reusch, T. B. H.: Genetic variation in MHC class II expression and interactions with MHC sequence polymorphism in three-spined sticklebacks. Molecular Ecology 15 (4), pp. 1153 - 1164 (2006)

Milinski, M.; Griffiths, S.; Wegner, K. M.; Reusch, T. B. H.; Haas-Assenbaum, A.; Boehm, T.: Mate choice decisions of stickleback females predictably modified by MHC peptide ligands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102 (12), pp. 4414 - 4418 (2005)

Wegner, K. M.; Kalbe, M.; Schaschl, H.; Reusch, T. B. H.: Parasites and individual major histocompatibility complex diversity—an optimal choice? Microbes and Infection 6 (12), pp. 1110 - 1116 (2004)

Reusch, T. B. H.; Schaschl, H.; Wegner, K. M.: Recent duplication and inter-locus gene conversion in major histocompatibility class II genes in a teleost, the three-spined stickleback. Immunogenetics 56 (6), pp. 427 - 437 (2004)

Wegner, K. M.; Kalbe, M.; Kurtz, J.; Reusch, T. B. H.; Milinski, M.: Response to comment on "Parasite selection for immunogenetic optimality". Science 303 (5660), p. 957b - 957b (2004)

Kurtz, J.; Kalbe, M.; Aeschlimann, P. B.; Häberli, M. A.; Wegner, K. M.; Reusch, T. B. H.; Milinski, M.: Major histocompatibility complex diversity influences parasite resistance and innate immunity in sticklebacks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 271 (1535), pp. 197 - 204 (2004)

Kalbe, M.; Wegner, K. M.: Different parasite communities in parapatric host populations of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). International Journal of Medical Microbiology 293 (Supl. 38), p. 56 (2004)

Wegner, K. M.; Kalbe, M.; Kurtz, J.; Reusch, T. B. H.; Milinski, M.: Parasite selection for immunogenetic optimality. Science 301 (5638), p. 1343 - 1343 (2003)

Wegner, K. M.; Reusch, T. B. H.; Kalbe, M.: Multiple parasites are driving major histocompatibility complex polymorphism in the wild. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16 (2), pp. 224 - 232 (2003)

Eine zu "scharfe" Immunabwehr... Max Planck Forschung 2003 (4), p. p. 13 (2003)

Kalbe, M.; Wegner, K. M.; Reusch, T. B. H.: Dispersion patterns of parasites in 0+ year three-spined sticklebacks: a cross population comparison. Journal of Fish Biology 60 (6), pp. 1529 - 1542 (2002)

Reusch, T. B. H.; Wegner, K. M.; Kalbe, M.: Rapid genetic divergence in postglacial populations of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus): the role of habitat type, drainage and geographical proximity. Molecular Ecology 10 (10), pp. 2435 - 2445 (2001)