Patterns of evolution of MHC class II genes of crows (Corvus) suggest trans-species polymorphism

West Nile Virus and Non-West Nile Virus Mortality and Coinfection of American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in California

(2014) Sarah S. Wheeler et al.   AVIAN DISEASES

PCR-based isolation of multigene families: lessons from the avian MHC class IIB

(2014) R. Burri et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

BEAST 2: A Software Platform for Bayesian Evolutionary Analysis

(2014) Remco Bouckaert et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Parasite-mediated selection of major histocompatibility complex variability in wild brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii) from Inner Mongolia, China

(2013) Min Zhang et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

EVALUATING PATTERNS OF CONVERGENT EVOLUTION AND TRANS-SPECIES POLYMORPHISM AT MHC IMMUNOGENES IN TWO SYMPATRIC STICKLEBACK SPECIES

(2013) Tobias L. Lenz et al.   EVOLUTION

Characterization of MHC class II B polymorphism in bottlenecked New Zealand saddlebacks reveals low levels of genetic diversity

(2013) Jolene T. Sutton et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Mhc supertypes confer both qualitative and quantitative resistance to avian malaria infections in a wild bird population

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

Major histocompatibility complex class I evolution in songbirds: universal primers, rapid evolution and base compositional shifts in exon 3

(2013) Miguel Alcaide et al.   PeerJ

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

Genetic divergences and intraspecific variation in corvids of the genus Corvus (Aves: Passeriformes: Corvidae) - a first survey based on museum specimens

(2012) Elisabeth Haring et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Insights into the Complex Associations Between MHC Class II DRB Polymorphism and Multiple Gastrointestinal Parasite Infestations in the Striped Mouse

(2012) Götz Froeschke et al.   PLoS One

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

Convergence and Parallelism in Evolution: A Neo-Gouldian Account

(2011) T. Pearce   BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Evidence for evolutionary convergence at MHC in two broadly distributed mesocarnivores

(2011) Vythegi Srithayakumar et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Non–West Nile virus-Associated Mortality in a Population of American Crows (Corvus Brachyrhynchos): A Gross and Histopathologic Study

(2011) Andrew D. Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION

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

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

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

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

(2011) LEWIS G. SPURGIN 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

Gene duplication and fragmentation in the zebra finch major histocompatibility complex

(2010) Christopher N Balakrishnan et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Discriminant analysis of principal components: a new method for the analysis of genetically structured populations

(2010) Thibaut Jombart et al.   BMC GENETICS

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

Ancestral polymorphism in exon 2 of bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) MHC class II B genes

(2010) J. A. ANMARKRUD et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Extensive MHC Class II B Gene Duplication in a Passerine, the Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

(2010) Jennifer L. Bollmer et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

The erratic mitochondrial clock: variations of mutation rate, not population size, affect mtDNA diversity across birds and mammals

(2009) Benoit Nabholz et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Successful city dwellers: a comparative study of the ecological characteristics of urban birds in the Western Palearctic

(2009) Anders Pape Møller   OECOLOGIA

HLA class I supertypes: a revised and updated classification

(2008) John Sidney et al.   BMC IMMUNOLOGY

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

Coevolutionary relationship between helminth diversity and MHC class II polymorphism in rodents

(2008) J. GOÜY DE BELLOCQ et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Evolutionary Patterns of MHC Class II B in Owls and Their Implications for the Understanding of Avian MHC Evolution

(2008) Reto Burri et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Convergence and parallelism reconsidered: what have we learned about the genetics of adaptation?

(2007) J ARENDT et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION