The evolution of highly variable immunity genes across a passerine bird radiation

What chickens would tell you about the evolution of antigen processing and presentation

(2015) Jim Kaufman   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

Variation in positively selected major histocompatibility complex class I loci in rufous-collared sparrows (Zonotrichia capensis)

(2014) Matthew R. Jones et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

454 screening of individual MHC variation in an endemic island passerine

(2014) Catalina Gonzalez-Quevedo et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Uncovering the Peptide-Binding Specificities of HLA-C: A General Strategy To Determine the Specificity of Any MHC Class I Molecule

(2014) Michael Rasmussen et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

In silico peptide-binding predictions of passerine MHC class I reveal similarities across distantly related species, suggesting convergence on the level of protein function

(2013) Elna Follin et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Characteristics of MHC Class I Genes in House Sparrows Passer domesticus as Revealed by Long cDNA Transcripts and Amplicon Sequencing

(2013) Maria Karlsson et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

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

Bayesian Phylogenetics with BEAUti and the BEAST 1.7

(2012) Alexei J. Drummond et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The global diversity of birds in space and time

(2012) W. Jetz et al.   NATURE

Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds

(2012) R. M. Sibly et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Social and extra-pair mating in relation to major histocompatibility complex variation in common yellowthroats

(2012) J. L. Bollmer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

How to measure and test phylogenetic signal

(2012) Tamara Münkemüller et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Characterization of MHC class I and II genes in a subantarctic seabird, the blue petrel, Halobaena caerulea (Procellariiformes)

(2011) Maria Strandh et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Characterization of MHC-I in the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) reveals low levels of genetic diversity and trans-population evolution across European populations

(2011) Elske Schut et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

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

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

phytools: an R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things)

(2011) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Variation in MHC genotypes in two populations of house sparrow (Passer domesticus) with different population histories

(2011) Åsa Alexandra Borg et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Gene duplication and fragmentation in the zebra finch major histocompatibility complex

(2010) Christopher N Balakrishnan et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

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

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

Extremely high MHC class I variation in a population of a long-distance migrant, the Scarlet Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)

(2009) M. Promerová et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Architecture and Organization of Chicken Microchromosome 16: Order of the NOR, MHC-Y, and MHC-B Subregions

(2009) M. E. Delany et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Regulation of MHC Class I Assembly and Peptide Binding

(2008) David R. Peaper et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

MHC class I genes of birds of prey: isolation, polymorphism and diversifying selection

(2008) Miguel Alcaide et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

(2008) S. J. Hackett et al.   SCIENCE