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

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

Nonparallelism in MHCIIβ diversity accompanies nonparallelism in pathogen infection of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) species pairs as revealed by next-generation sequencing

(2013) Scott A. Pavey et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Antigen-presenting genes and genomic copy number variations in the Tasmanian devil MHC

(2012) Yuanyuan Cheng et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Cryptic MHC Polymorphism Revealed but Not Explained by Selection on the Class IIB Peptide-Binding Region

(2012) V. Llaurens et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Comparison of 454 pyrosequencing methods for characterizing the major histocompatibility complex of nonmodel species and the advantages of ultra deep coverage

(2012) Rebekah A. Oomen et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

A new approach for detecting low-level mutations in next-generation sequence data

(2012) Mingkun Li et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Quality control and preprocessing of metagenomic datasets

(2011) R. Schmieder et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

FLASH: fast length adjustment of short reads to improve genome assemblies

(2011) T. Magoc et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

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

The MHC, disease and selection

(2011) John Trowsdale   IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS

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

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

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

Parasite diversity, patterns of MHC II variation and olfactory based mate choice in diverging three-spined stickleback ecotypes

(2010) Christophe Eizaguirre et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

MHC gene copy number variation in Tasmanian devils: implications for the spread of a contagious cancer

(2010) H. V. Siddle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Transposons in the MHC: the Yin and Yang of the vertebrate immune system

(2009) C van Oosterhout   HEREDITY

Systematic artifacts in metagenomes from complex microbial communities

(2009) Vicente Gomez-Alvarez et al.   ISME Journal

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

(2009) WIESŁAW BABIK et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Methods for MHC genotyping in non-model vertebrates

(2009) W. BABIK   Molecular Ecology Resources

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

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

A new theory of MHC evolution: beyond selection on the immune genes

(2008) C. van Oosterhout   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES