Trans-Species Polymorphism in Immune Genes: General Pattern or MHC-Restricted Phenomenon?

Characterisation of Toll-like receptors 4, 5 and 7 and their genetic variation in the grey partridge

(2015) Michal Vinkler et al.   GENETICA

Advantageous diversity maintained by balancing selection in humans

(2014) Felix M Key et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Evolution of dimorphisms of the proteasome subunit beta type 8 gene (PSMB8) in basal ray-finned fish

(2014) Megumi Noro et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

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

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

Selection and Trans-Species Polymorphism of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Genes in the Order Crocodylia

(2014) Weerachai Jaratlerdsiri et al.   PLoS One

Host defense peptides: front-line immunomodulators

(2014) Sarah C. Mansour et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Contrasting patterns of polymorphism and selection in bacterial-sensing toll-like receptor 4 in two house mouse subspecies

(2014) Alena Fornuskova et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Introgression from Domestic Goat Generated Variation at the Major Histocompatibility Complex of Alpine Ibex

(2014) Christine Grossen et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Relevance ofHLASequencing in Population Genetics Studies

(2014) Alicia Sanchez-Mazas et al.   Journal of Immunology Research

Evolution by selection, recombination, and gene duplication in MHC class I genes of two Rhacophoridae species

(2013) Mian Zhao et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Genetic Variants Regulating Immune Cell Levels in Health and Disease

(2013) Valeria Orrù et al.   CELL

Avian host defense peptides

(2013) Tryntsje Cuperus et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Evolution of MHC class I in the Order Crocodylia

(2013) Weerachai Jaratlerdsiri et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Nucleotide Variability at Its Limit? Insights into the Number and Evolutionary Dynamics of the Sex-Determining Specificities of the Honey Bee Apis mellifera

(2013) Sarah Lechner et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Extensive Trans-Specific Polymorphism at the Mating Type Locus of the Root Decay Fungus Heterobasidion

(2013) Linda T.A. van Diepen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Adaptive introgression in animals: examples and comparison to new mutation and standing variation as sources of adaptive variation

(2013) Philip W. Hedrick   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genomic Porosity between Invasive Chondrostoma nasus and Endangered Endemic Parachondrostoma toxostoma (Cyprinidae): The Evolution of MHC IIB Genes

(2013) Andrea Šimková et al.   PLoS One

Multiple Instances of Ancient Balancing Selection Shared Between Humans and Chimpanzees

(2013) E. M. Leffler et al.   SCIENCE

Long-Lived Dichotomous Lineages of the Proteasome Subunit Beta Type 8 (PSMB8) Gene Surviving More than 500 Million Years as Alleles or Paralogs

(2012) Kentaro Tsukamoto et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

New(t)s and views from hybridizing MHC genes: introgression rather than trans-species polymorphism may shape allelic repertoires

(2012) K. MATHIAS WEGNER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The ABO blood group is a trans-species polymorphism in primates

(2012) L. Segurel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Adaptive molecular evolution of the Major Histocompatibility Complex genes, DRA and DQA, in the genus Equus

(2011) Pauline L Kamath et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Molecular bases of genetic diversity and evolution of the immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region (IGHV) gene locus in leporids

(2011) Ana Pinheiro et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

The MHC, disease and selection

(2011) John Trowsdale   IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS

Characterization and Evolution of MHC Class II B Genes in Ardeid Birds

(2011) Li Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Long-Term Balancing Selection at the Antiviral Gene OAS1 in Central African Chimpanzees

(2011) William Ferguson et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Spectrum of MHC Class II Variability in Darwin's Finches and Their Close Relatives

(2011) A. Sato et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Molecular Evolution of the Toll-Like Receptor Multigene Family in Birds

(2011) M. Alcaide 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

Locus-specific protocol for nine different innate immune genes (antimicrobial peptides: β-defensins) across passerine bird species reveals within-species coding variation and a case of trans-species polymorphisms

(2011) O. HELLGREN et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

HLA DNA Sequence Variation among Human Populations: Molecular Signatures of Demographic and Selective Events

(2011) Stéphane Buhler et al.   PLoS One

Pattern Recognition Receptors and Inflammation

(2010) Osamu Takeuchi et al.   CELL

Evolution of MHC class I genes in two ancient fish, paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) and Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis)

(2010) Dengqiang Wang et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Long-term balancing selection maintains trans-specific polymorphisms in the human TRIM5 gene

(2010) R. Cagliani et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

Trans-Species Polymorphism and Selection in the MHC Class II DRA Genes of Domestic Sheep

(2010) Keith T. Ballingall et al.   PLoS One

Transspecies dimorphic allelic lineages of the proteasome subunit  -type 8 gene (PSMB8) in the teleost genus Oryzias

(2010) F. Miura et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How pathogens drive genetic diversity: MHC, mechanisms and misunderstandings

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

Pathogen Recognition and Inflammatory Signaling in Innate Immune Defenses

(2009) T. H. Mogensen   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Polymorphism and selection in the major histocompatibility complex DRA and DQA genes in the family Equidae

(2009) Eva Janova et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Molecular evolution of the antiretroviral TRIM5 gene

(2009) Welkin E. Johnson et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Sequence Polymorphism and Evolution of Three Cetacean MHC Genes

(2009) Shi Xia Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Directional and balancing selection in human beta-defensins

(2008) Edward J Hollox et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Species-specific evolution of class I MHC genes in iguanas (Order: Squamata; Subfamily: Iguaninae)

(2008) Scott Glaberman et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Long-Term Balancing Selection at the West Nile Virus Resistance Gene, Oas1b, Maintains Transspecific Polymorphisms in the House Mouse

(2008) W. Ferguson et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Balancing Selection at a Frog Antimicrobial Peptide Locus: Fluctuating Immune Effector Alleles?

(2008) J. A. Tennessen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

APD2: the updated antimicrobial peptide database and its application in peptide design

(2008) Guangshun Wang et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

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

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

Sex Determination in the Hymenoptera

(2007) George E. Heimpel et al.   Annual Review of Entomology