Contrasting patterns of selection and drift between two categories of immune genes in prairie-chickens

Genetic structure in insular and mainland populations of house sparrows (Passer domesticus) and their hemosporidian parasites

(2015) Coraline Bichet et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Genetic restoration of a threatened population of greater prairie-chickens

(2014) Zachary W. Bateson et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Selective pressures on MHC class II genes in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata) as inferred by hierarchical analysis of population structure

(2014) M. Herdegen et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Balancing Selection Is the Main Force Shaping the Evolution of Innate Immunity Genes

(2014) A. Ferrer-Admetlla et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Critical review of NGS analyses for de novo genotyping multigene families

(2014) Jackie Lighten et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Spatial patterns of neutral and functional genetic variations reveal patterns of local adaptation in raccoon (Procyon lotor) populations exposed to raccoon rabies

(2014) Christopher J. Kyle et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Ultra-deep Illumina sequencing accurately identifies MHC class IIb alleles and provides evidence for copy number variation in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

(2014) Jackie Lighten et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Drift Rather than Selection Dominates MHC Class II Allelic Diversity Patterns at the Biogeographical Range Scale in Natterjack Toads Bufo calamita

(2014) Inga Zeisset et al.   PLoS One

MHC genotyping of non-model organisms using next-generation sequencing: a new methodology to deal with artefacts and allelic dropout

(2013) Simone Sommer et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Genetic drift outweighs natural selection at toll-like receptor (TLR) immunity loci in a re-introduced population of a threatened species

(2013) Catherine E. Grueber et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The effects of polymorphisms in 7 candidate genes on resistance to Salmonella Enteritidis in native chickens

(2013) R. Tohidi et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Polymorphisms at the innate immune receptor TLR2 are associated with Borrelia infection in a wild rodent population

(2013) B. Tschirren et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

diveRsity: AnRpackage for the estimation and exploration of population genetics parameters and their associated errors

(2013) Kevin Keenan et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

(2012) M. Kearse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Duck’s not dead: Does restocking with captive bred individuals affect the genetic integrity of wild mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) population?

(2012) Dagmar Čížková et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

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

Landscape heterogeneity and local adaptation define the spatial genetic structure of Pacific salmon in a pristine environment

(2012) Michael W. Ackerman et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Divergent selection on locally adapted major histocompatibility complex immune genes experimentally proven in the field

(2012) Christophe Eizaguirre et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Greater prairie chickens have a compact MHC-B with a single class IA locus

(2012) J. A. Eimes et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Can balancing selection on MHC loci counteract genetic drift in small fragmented populations of black grouse?

(2012) Tanja M. Strand et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Accuracy and quality assessment of 454 GS-FLX Titanium pyrosequencing

(2011) André Gilles et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Rapid loss of MHC class II variation in a bottlenecked population is explained by drift and loss of copy number variation

(2011) J. A. EIMES et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Drift and selection influence geographic variation at immune loci of prairie-chickens

(2011) JENNIFER L. BOLLMER 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

Genetic Diversity in Cytokines Associated with Immune Variation and Resistance to Multiple Pathogens in a Natural Rodent Population

(2011) Andrew K. Turner et al.   PLoS Genetics

Evolutionary Analysis and Expression Profiling of Zebra Finch Immune Genes

(2010) Robert Ekblom et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The Differential Evolutionary Dynamics of Avian Cytokine and TLR Gene Classes

(2010) T. Downing et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Genetic diversity and differentiation at MHC genes in island populations of tuatara (Sphenodon spp.)

(2010) HILARY C. MILLER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Assessing population structure: FST and related measures

(2010) PATRICK G. MEIRMANS et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Arlequin suite ver 3.5: a new series of programs to perform population genetics analyses under Linux and Windows

(2010) LAURENT EXCOFFIER et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

The role of infectious diseases in biological conservation

(2009) K. F. Smith et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

DnaSP v5: a software for comprehensive analysis of DNA polymorphism data

(2009) P. Librado et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Does reduced MHC diversity decrease viability of vertebrate populations?

(2009) Jacek Radwan et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

MHC diversity in bottlenecked populations: a simulation model

(2009) Maciej Jan Ejsmond et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Mhc class II diversity and balancing selection in greater prairie-chickens

(2009) John A. Eimes et al.   GENETICA

Selection at the MHC class IIB locus across guppy (Poecilia reticulata) populations

(2009) B A Fraser et al.   HEREDITY

Diversifying selection on MHC class I in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

(2009) CLAIRE LOISEAU et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

cIAP-1 Controls Innate Immunity to C. pneumoniae Pulmonary Infection

(2009) Hridayesh Prakash et al.   PLoS One

Multiple parasites mediate balancing selection at two MHC class II genes in the fossorial water vole: insights from multivariate analyses and population genetics

(2008) C. TOLLENAERE et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

GSTand its relatives do not measure differentiation

(2008) LOU JOST   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY