Sexual selection and the evolutionary dynamics of the major histocompatibility complex

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

Absence of major histocompatibility complex class II mediated immunity in pipefish, Syngnathus typhle: evidence from deep transcriptome sequencing

(2013) D. Haase et al.   Biology Letters

Sexual selection explains more functional variation in the mammalian major histocompatibility complex than parasitism

(2013) J. C. Winternitz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cryptic female choice favours sperm from major histocompatibility complex-dissimilar males

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

The evolution of MHC diversity: Evidence of intralocus gene conversion and recombination in a single-locus system

(2012) Angela Bahr et al.   GENE

Selection Maintains MHC Diversity through a Natural Population Bottleneck

(2012) M. K. Oliver et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

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

The genome sequence of Atlantic cod reveals a unique immune system

(2011) Bastiaan Star et al.   NATURE

How to Time Growth and Reproduction during the Vegetative Season: An Evolutionary Choice for Indeterminate Growers in Seasonal Environments

(2010) Maciej Jan Ejsmond et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

MHC allele frequency distributions under parasite-driven selection: A simulation model

(2010) Maciej Ejsmond et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

In search of the chemical basis for MHC odourtypes

(2010) J. Kwak 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

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-based mate choice combines good genes and maintenance of MHC polymorphism

(2009) C. EIZAGUIRRE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Speciation accelerated and stabilized by pleiotropic major histocompatibility complex immunogenes

(2008) Christophe Eizaguirre et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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