Heterozygosity-fitness correlation at the major histocompatibility complex despite low variation in Alpine ibex (Capra ibex )

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Infectious keratoconjunctivitis in wild Caprinae: merging field observations and molecular analyses sheds light on factors shaping outbreak dynamics

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What shapes fitness costs of reproduction in long-lived iteroparous species? A case study on the Alpine ibex

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MHC-I provides both quantitative resistance and susceptibility to blood parasites in blue tits in the wild

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Specific alleles at immune genes, rather than genome-wide heterozygosity, are related to immunity and survival in the critically endangered Attwater's prairie-chicken

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Major histocompatibility complex class II DAB alleles associated with intestinal parasite load in the vulnerable Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes)

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Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

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Assessing the Impact of Capture on Wild Animals: The Case Study of Chemical Immobilisation on Alpine Ibex

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Examining the Role of Components of Slc11a1 (Nramp1) in the Susceptibility of New Zealand Sea Lions (Phocarctos hookeri) to Disease

(2015) Amy J. Osborne et al.   PLoS One

Assessment of identity disequilibrium and its relation to empirical heterozygosity fitness correlations: a meta-analysis

(2014) Joshua M. Miller et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Brucella melitensis in France: Persistence in Wildlife and Probable Spillover from Alpine Ibex to Domestic Animals

(2014) Virginie Mick et al.   PLoS One

Direct and indirect causal effects of heterozygosity on fitness-related traits in Alpine ibex

(2014) A. Brambilla et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

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Patterns of body mass senescence and selective disappearance differ among three species of free-living ungulates

(2011) Daniel H. Nussey et al.   ECOLOGY

Male reproductive pattern in a polygynous ungulate with a slow life-history: the role of age, social status and alternative mating tactics

(2011) Christian S. Willisch et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Multimodel inference in ecology and evolution: challenges and solutions

(2011) C. E. GRUEBER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

MHC genotypes associate with resistance to a frog-killing fungus

(2011) A. E. Savage et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dinucleotide repeat polymorphism within the ovine major histocompatibility complex class I region

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Secondary sexual characters signal fighting ability and determine social rank in Alpine ibex (Capra ibex)

(2010) Patrick Bergeron et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

AIC model selection and multimodel inference in behavioral ecology: some background, observations, and comparisons

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

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How pathogens drive genetic diversity: MHC, mechanisms and misunderstandings

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Does reduced MHC diversity decrease viability of vertebrate populations?

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A quantitative review of heterozygosity-fitness correlations in animal populations

(2009) J. R. CHAPMAN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A strong genetic footprint of the re-introduction history of Alpine ibex (Capra ibex ibex)

(2009) IRIS BIEBACH et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

HETEROZYGOSITY-FITNESS CORRELATIONS REVEALED BY NEUTRAL AND CANDIDATE GENE MARKERS IN ROE DEER FROM A LONG-TERM STUDY

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

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Detection of Mycoplasma conjunctivae in the eyes of healthy, free-ranging Alpine ibex: Possible involvement of Alpine ibex as carriers for the main causing agent of infectious keratoconjunctivitis in wild Caprinae

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