Intermediate number of major histocompatibility complex class IIBlength variants relates to enlarged perivisceral fat deposits in the blunt-head cichlidTropheus moorii

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

Contrasting parasite communities among allopatric colour morphs of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid Tropheus

(2013) Joost AM Raeymaekers et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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

Differential modes of MHC class IIB gene evolution in cichlid fishes

(2013) Pascal I. Hablützel et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Organization of Mhc class II A and B genes in the tilapiine fish Oreochromis

(2012) Akie Sato et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Parasites as mediators of heterozygosity-fitness correlations in the Great Tit (Parus major)

(2012) B. VOEGELI et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Mhc-linked survival and lifetime reproductive success in a wild population of great tits

(2012) Irem Sepil et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

MHC diversity, malaria and lifetime reproductive success in collared flycatchers

(2012) JACEK RADWAN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Host switch and infestation by Ligula intestinalis L. in a silver bream (Blicca bjoerkna L.) population

(2012) M. VANACKER et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Rapid and adaptive evolution of MHC genes under parasite selection in experimental vertebrate populations

(2012) Christophe Eizaguirre et al.   Nature Communications

Major histocompatibility complex heterozygosity enhances reproductive success

(2011) M. THOß et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Separated by sand, fused by dropping water: habitat barriers and fluctuating water levels steer the evolution of rock-dwelling cichlid populations in Lake Tanganyika

(2011) STEPHAN KOBLMÜLLER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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

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

The genome sequence of Atlantic cod reveals a unique immune system

(2011) Bastiaan Star et al.   NATURE

Evidence for host variation in parasite tolerance in a wild fish population

(2010) S. Blanchet et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Spatial variation in disease resistance: from molecules to metapopulations

(2010) Anna-Liisa Laine et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

How pathogens drive genetic diversity: MHC, mechanisms and misunderstandings

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

Does reduced MHC diversity decrease viability of vertebrate populations?

(2009) Jacek Radwan et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Diverse MHC IIB allele repertoire increases parasite resistance and body condition in the Long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys sabanus)

(2009) Tobias L Lenz et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

An ecologist’s guide to the animal model

(2009) Alastair J. Wilson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

genhet: an easy-to-use R function to estimate individual heterozygosity

(2009) A. COULON   Molecular Ecology Resources

Diversity and evolution of MHII β genes in a non-model percid species—The Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis L.)

(2009) Christian Michel et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) heterozygote superiority to natural multi-parasite infections in the water vole (Arvicola terrestris)

(2009) M.K Oliver et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Simple approach to reduce PCR artefact formation leads to reliable genotyping of MHC and other highly polymorphic loci — Implications for evolutionary analysis

(2008) Tobias L. Lenz et al.   GENE

Abundance, distribution, and territory areas of rock-dwelling Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish species

(2008) Christian Sturmbauer et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Historical and contemporary selection of teleost MHC genes: did we leave the past behind?

(2008) K. M. Wegner   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Does intra-individual major histocompatibility complex diversity keep a golden mean?

(2008) B. Woelfing et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Decomposing health: tolerance and resistance to parasites in animals

(2008) L. Raberg et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Immunity in a variable world

(2008) B. P Lazzaro et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Maximum Host Survival at Intermediate Parasite Infection Intensities

(2008) Martin Stjernman et al.   PLoS One

Lifetime reproductive success is maximized with optimal major histocompatibility complex diversity

(2008) M. Kalbe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES