MHC class II variation in a rare and ecological specialist mouse lemur reveals lower allelic richness and contrasting selection patterns compared to a generalist and widespread sympatric congener

Distribution and Abundance of the World's Smallest Primate, Microcebus berthae, in Central Western Madagascar

(2014) Livia Schäffler et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Critical review of NGS analyses for de novo genotyping multigene families

(2014) Jackie Lighten et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Ultra-deep Illumina sequencing accurately identifies MHC class IIb alleles and provides evidence for copy number variation in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

(2014) Jackie Lighten et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Averting Lemur Extinctions amid Madagascar's Political Crisis

(2014) C. Schwitzer et al.   SCIENCE

Species-level view of population structure and gene flow for a critically endangered primate (Varecia variegata)

(2014) Andrea L. Baden et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Maintaining microendemic primate species along an environmental gradient - parasites as drivers for species differentiation

(2014) Simone Sommer et al.   Ecology and Evolution

MHC genotyping of non-model organisms using next-generation sequencing: a new methodology to deal with artefacts and allelic dropout

(2013) Simone Sommer et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The Next-Generation Sequencing Revolution and Its Impact on Genomics

(2013) Daniel C. Koboldt et al.   CELL

Patch size and isolation influence genetic patterns in black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata) populations

(2013) Sheila M. Holmes et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

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

(2013) Tobias L. Lenz et al.   EVOLUTION

The Major Histocompatibility Complex and Primate Behavioral Ecology: New Tools and Future Questions

(2013) Elise Huchard et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

(2013) Koichiro Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

MHC-disassortative mate choice and inbreeding avoidance in a solitary primate

(2013) Elise Huchard et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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

Sexual selection explains more functional variation in the mammalian major histocompatibility complex than parasitism

(2013) J. C. Winternitz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Duplication and population dynamics shape historic patterns of selection and genetic variation at the major histocompatibility complex in rodents

(2013) Jamie C. Winternitz et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Do Animals Living in Larger Groups Experience Greater Parasitism? A Meta-Analysis

(2012) Joanna L. Rifkin et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

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

Divergent selection on locally adapted major histocompatibility complex immune genes experimentally proven in the field

(2012) Christophe Eizaguirre et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Conservation genetics and evolution in an endangered species: research in Sonoran topminnows*

(2012) Philip W. Hedrick et al.   Evolutionary Applications

MHC influences infection with parasites and winter survival in the root vole Microtus oeconomus

(2012) Agnieszka Kloch et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

The functional importance of sequence versus expression variability of MHC alleles in parasite resistance

(2012) Jan Axtner et al.   GENETICA

Large-scale MHC class II genotyping of a wild lemur population by next generation sequencing

(2012) Elise Huchard et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Colonizing the world in spite of reduced MHC variation

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

Selection Maintains MHC Diversity through a Natural Population Bottleneck

(2012) M. K. Oliver et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

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

A new approach for detecting low-level mutations in next-generation sequence data

(2012) Mingkun Li et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

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

Accuracy and quality assessment of 454 GS-FLX Titanium pyrosequencing

(2011) André Gilles et al.   BMC GENOMICS

COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTION OF MHC II-ANTIGEN BINDING SUPPORTS DIVERGENT ALLELE ADVANTAGE AND EXPLAINS TRANS-SPECIES POLYMORPHISM

(2011) Tobias L. Lenz   EVOLUTION

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

The Confounding Effects of Population Structure, Genetic Diversity and the Sampling Scheme on the Detection and Quantification of Population Size Changes

(2010) L. Chikhi et al.   GENETICS

Sequence analysis of the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) MHC class II DQ and DR region

(2010) Anne Averdam et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Functional associations of similar MHC alleles and shared parasite species in two sympatric lemurs

(2010) Nina Schwensow et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Are there Ubiquitous Parasite-driven Major Histocompatibility Complex Selection Mechanisms in Gray Mouse Lemurs?

(2010) Nina Schwensow et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Parasite-mediated evolution of the functional part of the MHC in primates

(2010) L. Z. GARAMSZEGI et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Cheetah Paradigm Revisited: MHC Diversity in the World's Largest Free-Ranging Population

(2010) Aines Castro-Prieto et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Arlequin suite ver 3.5: a new series of programs to perform population genetics analyses under Linux and Windows

(2010) LAURENT EXCOFFIER et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Delimiting Species without Nuclear Monophyly in Madagascar's Mouse Lemurs

(2010) David W. Weisrock et al.   PLoS One

How pathogens drive genetic diversity: MHC, mechanisms and misunderstandings

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

Females go where the food is: does the socio-ecological model explain variation in social organisation of solitary foragers?

(2009) Melanie Dammhahn et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Influence of forest fragmentation on an endangered large-bodied lemur in northwestern Madagascar

(2009) Mathias Craul et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Does reduced MHC diversity decrease viability of vertebrate populations?

(2009) Jacek Radwan et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Diverse MHC IIB allele repertoire increases parasite resistance and body condition in the Long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys sabanus)

(2009) Tobias L Lenz et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

MHC diversity in bottlenecked populations: a simulation model

(2009) Maciej Jan Ejsmond et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

New generation sequencers as a tool for genotyping of highly polymorphic multilocus MHC system

(2009) WIESŁAW BABIK et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Methods for MHC genotyping in non-model vertebrates

(2009) W. BABIK   Molecular Ecology Resources

Genetic architecture of two red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) populations of Masoala National Park

(2009) Vololoniaina R. Razakamaharavo et al.   PRIMATES

Evaluation of next generation sequencing platforms for population targeted sequencing studies

(2009) Olivier Harismendy et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Natural and anthropogenic determinants of genetic structure in the largest remaining population of the endangered golden-brown mouse lemur,Microcebus ravelobensis

(2008) Ute Radespiel et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

From genetic diversity and structure to conservation: Genetic signature of recent population declines in three mouse lemur species (Microcebus spp.)

(2008) Gillian L. Olivieri et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Speciation accelerated and stabilized by pleiotropic major histocompatibility complex immunogenes

(2008) Christophe Eizaguirre et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

Comparative Feeding Ecology of Sympatric Microcebus berthae and M. murinus

(2008) Melanie Dammhahn et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Small-scale coexistence of two mouse lemur species (Microcebus berthae and M. murinus) within a homogeneous competitive environment

(2008) Melanie Dammhahn et al.   OECOLOGIA

The costs of risky male behaviour: sex differences in seasonal survival in a small sexually monomorphic primate

(2008) C. Kraus et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Aligning Conservation Priorities Across Taxa in Madagascar with High-Resolution Planning Tools

(2008) C. Kremen et al.   SCIENCE

Compatibility counts: MHC-associated mate choice in a wild promiscuous primate

(2007) N. Schwensow et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES