Variation in positively selected major histocompatibility complex class I loci in rufous-collared sparrows (Zonotrichia capensis)

Signatures of natural selection in the mitochondrial genomes of Tachycineta swallows and their implications for latitudinal patterns of the ‘pace of life’

(2014) Maria Stager et al.   GENE

Neutral and selective processes shape MHC gene diversity and expression in stocked brook charr populations (Salvelinus fontinalis)

(2014) Fabien C. Lamaze et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Evolution of MHC class I genes in the endangered loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) revealed by 454 amplicon sequencing

(2013) Victor A Stiebens et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Continental phylogeography of an ecologically and morphologically diverse Neotropical songbird, Zonotrichia capensis

(2013) Stephen C Lougheed et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Characterization of MHC class II B polymorphism in bottlenecked New Zealand saddlebacks reveals low levels of genetic diversity

(2013) Jolene T. Sutton et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Sequence variations of the MHC class I gene exon 2 and exon 3 between infected and uninfected chickens challenged with Marek’s disease virus

(2013) Ye Wang et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Spatial Patterns of Avian Malaria Prevalence inZonotrichia capensison the Western Slope of the Peruvian Andes

(2013) M. R. Jones et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Major histocompatibility complex class I evolution in songbirds: universal primers, rapid evolution and base compositional shifts in exon 3

(2013) Miguel Alcaide et al.   PeerJ

Characterization and 454 pyrosequencing of Major Histocompatibility Complex class I genes in the great tit reveal complexity in a passerine system

(2012) Irem Sepil et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

MHC VARIATION IS RELATED TO A SEXUALLY SELECTED ORNAMENT, SURVIVAL, AND PARASITE RESISTANCE IN COMMON YELLOWTHROATS

(2012) Peter O. Dunn et al.   EVOLUTION

Low Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I (MHC I) Variation in the European Bison (Bison bonasus)

(2012) Wiesław Babik et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Maintaining functional major histocompatibility complex diversity under inbreeding: the case of a selfing vertebrate

(2012) A. Ellison et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Major histocompatibility complex class II compatibility, but not class I, predicts mate choice in a bird with highly developed olfaction

(2012) M. Strandh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

454 sequencing reveals extreme complexity of the class II Major Histocompatibility Complex in the collared flycatcher

(2011) Magdalena Zagalska-Neubauer et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Accuracy and quality assessment of 454 GS-FLX Titanium pyrosequencing

(2011) André Gilles et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Genetic mapping of the major histocompatibility complex in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

(2011) Robert Ekblom et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Characterization of MHC class I and II genes in a subantarctic seabird, the blue petrel, Halobaena caerulea (Procellariiformes)

(2011) Maria Strandh et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Characterisation of class II B MHC genes from a ratite bird, the little spotted kiwi (Apteryx owenii)

(2011) Hilary C. Miller et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Characterization of MHC-I in the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) reveals low levels of genetic diversity and trans-population evolution across European populations

(2011) Elske Schut et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Gene conversion rapidly generates major histocompatibility complex diversity in recently founded bird populations

(2011) LEWIS G. SPURGIN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Interspecific hybridization increases MHC class II diversity in two sister species of newts

(2011) KRYSTYNA NADACHOWSKA-BRZYSKA et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Disentangling the roles of natural selection and genetic drift in shaping variation at MHC immunity genes

(2011) JOLENE T. SUTTON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

jMHC: software assistant for multilocus genotyping of gene families using next-generation amplicon sequencing

(2011) MICHAŁ T. STUGLIK et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Evaluation of two approaches to genotyping major histocompatibility complex class I in a passerine-CE-SSCP and 454 pyrosequencing

(2011) MARTA PROMEROVÁ et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Quantitative disease resistance: to better understand parasite-mediated selection on major histocompatibility complex

(2011) H. Westerdahl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

pegas: an R package for population genetics with an integrated-modular approach

(2010) E. Paradis   BIOINFORMATICS

Gene duplication and fragmentation in the zebra finch major histocompatibility complex

(2010) Christopher N Balakrishnan et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Discriminant analysis of principal components: a new method for the analysis of genetically structured populations

(2010) Thibaut Jombart et al.   BMC GENETICS

A 454 multiplex sequencing method for rapid and reliable genotyping of highly polymorphic genes in large-scale studies

(2010) Maxime Galan et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Effects of an MHC-DRB genotype and allele number on the load of gut parasites in the bank voleMyodes glareolus

(2010) AGNIESZKA KLOCH et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Plasmodium relictum infection and MHC diversity in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

(2010) C. Loiseau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

How pathogens drive genetic diversity: MHC, mechanisms and misunderstandings

(2010) L. G. Spurgin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genetic Consequences of Range Expansions

(2009) Laurent Excoffier et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

MIGRATION-SELECTION BALANCE AND LOCAL ADAPTATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL HAPLOTYPES IN RUFOUS-COLLARED SPARROWS (ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS) ALONG AN ELEVATIONAL GRADIENT

(2009) Zachary A. Cheviron et al.   EVOLUTION

Architecture and Organization of Chicken Microchromosome 16: Order of the NOR, MHC-Y, and MHC-B Subregions

(2009) M. E. Delany et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Long-term survival of a urodele amphibian despite depleted major histocompatibility complex variation

(2009) W. BABIK et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

New generation sequencers as a tool for genotyping of highly polymorphic multilocus MHC system

(2009) WIESŁAW BABIK et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Major histocompatibility complex genotyping with massively parallel pyrosequencing

(2009) Roger W Wiseman et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

adegenet: a R package for the multivariate analysis of genetic markers

(2008) Thibaut Jombart   BIOINFORMATICS

MHC class I genes of birds of prey: isolation, polymorphism and diversifying selection

(2008) Miguel Alcaide et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Support for the minimal essential MHC hypothesis: a parrot with a single, highly polymorphic MHC class II B gene

(2008) Colin R. Hughes et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

(2008) S. J. Hackett et al.   SCIENCE

The Population Genetics of dN/dS

(2008) Sergey Kryazhimskiy et al.   PLoS Genetics