A global analysis of selection at the avian MHC

Adaptive and neutral genetic differentiation among Scottish and endangered Irish red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica)

(2016) Yvonne Meyer-Lucht et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Coloniality and migration are related to selection on MHC genes in birds

(2016) Piotr Minias et al.   EVOLUTION

Contrasting evolutionary histories of MHC class I and class II loci in grouse—effects of selection and gene conversion

(2016) P Minias et al.   HEREDITY

Characterization of major histocompatibility complex class I loci of the lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) and insights into avian MHC evolution

(2015) Amanda C. Lyons et al.   GENETICA

A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing

(2015) Richard O. Prum et al.   NATURE

The Dynamics of Incomplete Lineage Sorting across the Ancient Adaptive Radiation of Neoavian Birds

(2015) Alexander Suh et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Expression levels of MHC class I molecules are inversely correlated with promiscuity of peptide binding

(2015) Paul E Chappell et al.   eLife

A new time tree reveals Earth historys imprint on the evolution of modern birds

(2015) S. Claramunt et al.   Science Advances

Spatial and temporal variation at major histocompatibility complex class IIB genes in the endangered Blakiston’s fish owl

(2015) Tetsuo I Kohyama et al.   Zoological Letters

HECTOR: a parallel multistage homopolymer spectrum based error corrector for 454 sequencing data

(2014) Adrianto Wirawan et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

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

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

Extraordinary MHC class II B diversity in a non-passerine, wild bird: the Eurasian CootFulica atra(Aves: Rallidae)

(2014) Miguel Alcaide et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Evolutionary history of black grouse major histocompatibility complex class IIB genes revealed through single locus sequence-based genotyping

(2013) Tanja Strand et al.   BMC GENETICS

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

A Mechanistic Basis for the Co-evolution of Chicken Tapasin and Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I (MHC I) Proteins

(2013) Andy van Hateren et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

FUBAR: A Fast, Unconstrained Bayesian AppRoximation for Inferring Selection

(2013) B. Murrell et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND 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

MHC VARIATION IS RELATED TO A SEXUALLY SELECTED ORNAMENT, SURVIVAL, AND PARASITE RESISTANCE IN COMMON YELLOWTHROATS

(2012) Peter O. Dunn et al.   EVOLUTION

Colonizing the world in spite of reduced MHC variation

(2012) L. GANGOSO et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The global diversity of birds in space and time

(2012) W. Jetz et al.   NATURE

Major histocompatibility complex class II compatibility, but not class I, predicts mate choice in a bird with highly developed olfaction

(2012) M. Strandh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

Detecting Individual Sites Subject to Episodic Diversifying Selection

(2012) Ben Murrell et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

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 and locus-specific typing of MHC class I genes in the red-billed gull (Larus scopulinus) provides evidence for major, minor, and nonclassical loci

(2011) Alison Cloutier 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

Eumelanin-based coloration and fitness parameters in birds: a meta-analysis

(2010) Joël Meunier et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

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

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

Adaptive Divergence of Ancient Gene Duplicates in the Avian MHC Class II  

(2010) R. Burri et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Molecular evolution of genes in avian genomes

(2010) Kiwoong Nam et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Correlates of substitution rate variation in mammalian protein-coding sequences

(2009) John J Welch et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Structure and Evolution of a New Avian MHC Class II B Gene in a Sub-Antarctic Seabird, the Thin-Billed Prion (Procellariiformes: Pachyptila belcheri)

(2009) Mónica C. Silva et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Methods for MHC genotyping in non-model vertebrates

(2009) W. BABIK   Molecular Ecology Resources

Regulation of MHC Class I Assembly and Peptide Binding

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

Flight distance of urban birds, predation, and selection for urban life

(2008) Anders Pape Møller   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Host ecology and life-history traits associated with blood parasite species richness in birds

(2008) E. ARRIERO et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Diversifying and Purifying Selection in the Peptide Binding Region of DRB in Mammals

(2008) Rebecca F. Furlong et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

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

Single-nucleotide mutation rate increases close to insertions/deletions in eukaryotes

(2008) Dacheng Tian et al.   NATURE

Environment, Migratory Tendency, Phylogeny and Basal Metabolic Rate in Birds

(2008) Walter Jetz et al.   PLoS One

The Population Genetics of dN/dS

(2008) Sergey Kryazhimskiy et al.   PLoS Genetics