M Kalbe

Summary

Affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Limnology
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Mortality selection during the 2003 European heat wave in three-spined sticklebacks: effects of parasites and MHC genotype
    K Mathias Wegner
    Department of Integrative Biology IBZ, Experimental Ecology, ETH Zurich, Universitatstrasse 16, CH 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
    BMC Evol Biol 8:124. 2008
  2. ncbi Snail host finding by Fasciola hepatica and Trichobilharzia ocellata: compound analysis of "miracidia-attracting glycoproteins"
    M Kalbe
    Institute for Zoology I, University of Erlangen, Staudtstrasse 5, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
    Exp Parasitol 96:231-42. 2000
  3. ncbi Heredity of specific host-finding behaviour in Schistosoma mansoni miracidia
    M Kalbe
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, August Thienemann Strasse 2, D 24306 Plon, Germany
    Parasitology 128:635-43. 2004
  4. ncbi Local differences in immunocompetence reflect resistance of sticklebacks against the eye fluke Diplostomum pseudospathaceum
    M Kalbe
    Max Planck Institute for Limnology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, August Thienemann Strasse 2, D 24306 Plon, Germany
    Parasitology 132:105-16. 2006
  5. ncbi Genetic variation in MHC class II expression and interactions with MHC sequence polymorphism in three-spined sticklebacks
    K M Wegner
    Max Planck Institute of Limnology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, August Thienemann Str 2, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Mol Ecol 15:1153-64. 2006
  6. ncbi Disentangling the role of MHC-dependent 'good genes' and 'compatible genes' in mate-choice decisions of three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus under semi-natural conditions
    T L Lenz
    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, August Thienemann Str 2, 24306 Plön, Germany
    J Fish Biol 75:2122-42. 2009
  7. ncbi Individual MHC class I and MHC class IIB diversities are associated with male and female reproductive traits in the three-spined stickleback
    I Jager
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, Plon, Germany
    J Evol Biol 20:2005-15. 2007
  8. ncbi MHC-based mate choice combines good genes and maintenance of MHC polymorphism
    C Eizaguirre
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Ploen, Germany
    Mol Ecol 18:3316-29. 2009
  9. ncbi Infectivity of two nematode parasites, Camallanus lacustris and Anguillicola crassus, in a paratenic host, the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
    C K Krobbach
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, August Thienemann Strasse 2, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Dis Aquat Organ 74:119-26. 2007
  10. ncbi Host-finding in Echinostoma caproni: miracidia and cercariae use different signals to identify the same snail species
    B Haberl
    Institute for Zoology I, University of Erlangen, Germany
    Parasitology 120:479-86. 2000

Detail Information

Publications16

  1. ncbi Mortality selection during the 2003 European heat wave in three-spined sticklebacks: effects of parasites and MHC genotype
    K Mathias Wegner
    Department of Integrative Biology IBZ, Experimental Ecology, ETH Zurich, Universitatstrasse 16, CH 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
    BMC Evol Biol 8:124. 2008
    ....
  2. ncbi Snail host finding by Fasciola hepatica and Trichobilharzia ocellata: compound analysis of "miracidia-attracting glycoproteins"
    M Kalbe
    Institute for Zoology I, University of Erlangen, Staudtstrasse 5, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
    Exp Parasitol 96:231-42. 2000
    ....
  3. ncbi Heredity of specific host-finding behaviour in Schistosoma mansoni miracidia
    M Kalbe
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, August Thienemann Strasse 2, D 24306 Plon, Germany
    Parasitology 128:635-43. 2004
    ..mansoni to acquire new host snails after being introduced to South America by the slave trade...
  4. ncbi Local differences in immunocompetence reflect resistance of sticklebacks against the eye fluke Diplostomum pseudospathaceum
    M Kalbe
    Max Planck Institute for Limnology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, August Thienemann Strasse 2, D 24306 Plon, Germany
    Parasitology 132:105-16. 2006
    ..Our results suggest that sticklebacks from lakes are better adapted to cope with higher parasite abundance in this habitat...
  5. ncbi Genetic variation in MHC class II expression and interactions with MHC sequence polymorphism in three-spined sticklebacks
    K M Wegner
    Max Planck Institute of Limnology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, August Thienemann Str 2, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Mol Ecol 15:1153-64. 2006
    ..The observed differences among families and the negative correlation with individual sequence diversity imply that MHC expression is evolutionary relevant for the onset and control of the immune response in natural populations...
  6. ncbi Disentangling the role of MHC-dependent 'good genes' and 'compatible genes' in mate-choice decisions of three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus under semi-natural conditions
    T L Lenz
    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, August Thienemann Str 2, 24306 Plön, Germany
    J Fish Biol 75:2122-42. 2009
    ..e. compatible genes). In addition, the potentially dynamic role of MHC good genes in mate choice under different parasite pressures is discussed in the light of present and previous results...
  7. ncbi Individual MHC class I and MHC class IIB diversities are associated with male and female reproductive traits in the three-spined stickleback
    I Jager
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, Plon, Germany
    J Evol Biol 20:2005-15. 2007
    ..The parasite against which this allele provides resistance is therefore unlikely to have been predominant the previous year - a step to negative frequency-dependent selection...
  8. ncbi MHC-based mate choice combines good genes and maintenance of MHC polymorphism
    C Eizaguirre
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Ploen, Germany
    Mol Ecol 18:3316-29. 2009
    ....
  9. ncbi Infectivity of two nematode parasites, Camallanus lacustris and Anguillicola crassus, in a paratenic host, the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
    C K Krobbach
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, August Thienemann Strasse 2, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Dis Aquat Organ 74:119-26. 2007
    ..Granulocyte:lymphocyte ratios were elevated only within the stickleback group showing the highest infection intensity of C. lacustris, i.e. to those exposed 18 parasites...
  10. ncbi Host-finding in Echinostoma caproni: miracidia and cercariae use different signals to identify the same snail species
    B Haberl
    Institute for Zoology I, University of Erlangen, Germany
    Parasitology 120:479-86. 2000
    ..This indicates an independent evolution of host-finding mechanisms in the two parasite stages...
  11. ncbi How a complex life cycle can improve a parasite's sex life
    G Rauch
    Max Planck Institute for Limnology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Plon, Germany
    J Evol Biol 18:1069-75. 2005
    ..The proposed advantage of increased parasite clone intermixture may be a novel selection pressure favouring the maintenance of complex life cycles...
  12. ncbi Modulation of granulocyte responses in three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus infected with the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus
    J P Scharsack
    Max Planck Institute of Limnology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, August-Thienemann-Strasse 2, , Germany
    Dis Aquat Organ 59:141-50. 2004
    ..These observations may reflect the ability of S. solidus to impair the host's immune response once the parasite is developing in the body cavity of G. aculeatus...
  13. ncbi Characterization of antisera raised against stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) MHC class I and class II molecules
    J P Scharsack
    Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, August Thienemann Str 2, 24306 Ploen, Germany
    Fish Shellfish Immunol 23:991-1002. 2007
    ..This suggests differential expression of the two stickleback MHC II alpha genes (Gaac-DAA, Gaac-DBA) only one of which (Gaac-DBA) has a site for N-linked glycosylation...
  14. ncbi Rapid genetic divergence in postglacial populations of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus): the role of habitat type, drainage and geographical proximity
    T B Reusch
    Max Planck Institut für Limnologie, Abt Evolutions Okologie, August Thienemann Str 2, 24306 Plön, Germany
    Mol Ecol 10:2435-45. 2001
    ..This demonstrates both the utility of hypervariable microsatellites for detecting recent population divergences and the danger of operating at temporal or spatial scales which are beyond their resolution...
  15. ncbi In vitro transition of Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda) from coracidium to procercoid and from procercoid to plerocercoid
    P J Jakobsen
    Institute for Biology, University of Bergen, Thor Møhlensgt 55, 5020 Bergen, Norway
    Exp Parasitol 130:267-73. 2012
    ....
  16. ncbi Multiple parasites are driving major histocompatibility complex polymorphism in the wild
    K M Wegner
    Max Planck Institute of Limnology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Plon, Germany
    J Evol Biol 16:224-32. 2003
    ..We thus present correlative evidence supporting the 'allele counting' strategy for optimizing the immunocompetence in stickleback offspring...