Maintaining functional major histocompatibility complex diversity under inbreeding: the case of a selfing vertebrate

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

(2012) Christophe Eizaguirre et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Rapid and adaptive evolution of MHC genes under parasite selection in experimental vertebrate populations

(2012) Christophe Eizaguirre et al.   Nature Communications

Environmental diel variation, parasite loads, and local population structuring of a mixed-mating mangrove fish

(2012) Amy Ellison et al.   Ecology and Evolution

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS? ASSOCIATION BETWEEN OUTCROSSING AND PARASITE LOADS IN A SELFING FISH

(2011) Amy Ellison et al.   EVOLUTION

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

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

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

MHC evolution in three salmonid species: a comparison between class II alpha and beta genes

(2010) Daniela Gómez et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

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

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

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

Genetic Composition of Laboratory Stocks of the Self-Fertilizing Fish Kryptolebias marmoratus: A Valuable Resource for Experimental Research

(2010) Andrey Tatarenkov et al.   PLoS One

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

(2010) H. V. Siddle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genetic diversity, parasite prevalence and immunity in wild bumblebees

(2010) P. R. Whitehorn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

How pathogens drive genetic diversity: MHC, mechanisms and misunderstandings

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

Does reduced MHC diversity decrease viability of vertebrate populations?

(2009) Jacek Radwan et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

A quantitative review of heterozygosity-fitness correlations in animal populations

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

Evidence of parasite-mediated disruptive selection on genetic diversity in a wild fish population

(2009) SIMON BLANCHET et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Major histocompatibility complex variability in the clonal Amazon molly,Poecilia formosa: is copy number less important than genotype?

(2009) K. P. LAMPERT et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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

(2009) WIESŁAW BABIK et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Evidence for Directional Selection at a Novel Major Histocompatibility Class I Marker in Wild Common Frogs (Rana temporaria) Exposed to a Viral Pathogen (Ranavirus)

(2009) Amber G. F. Teacher et al.   PLoS One

Polymorphism, haplotype composition, and selection in the Mhc-DRB of wild baboons

(2008) Elise Huchard et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Genomic Consequences of Outcrossing and Selfing in Plants

(2008) Stephen I. Wright et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Experimental infection magnifies inbreeding depression in house mice

(2008) P. ILMONEN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Does intra-individual major histocompatibility complex diversity keep a golden mean?

(2008) B. Woelfing et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An evolutionary approach to major histocompatibility diversity based on allele supertypes

(2007) Christopher Naugler et al.   MEDICAL HYPOTHESES