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

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

Females prefer good genes: MHC-associated mate choice in wild and captive tuco-tucos

(2012) Ana Paula Cutrera et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Independent evolution of functional MHC class II DRB genes in New World bat species

(2012) Julia Schad et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Is Promiscuity Associated with Enhanced Selection on MHC-DQα in Mice (genus Peromyscus)?

(2012) Matthew D. MacManes et al.   PLoS One

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Major histocompatibility complex diversity in the endangered Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis)

(2011) L. J. Kennedy et al.   TISSUE ANTIGENS

The hidden benefits of sex: Evidence for MHC-associated mate choice in primate societies

(2010) Joanna M. Setchell et al.   BIOESSAYS

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

How pathogens drive genetic diversity: MHC, mechanisms and misunderstandings

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

Correlated evolution of nucleotide substitution rates and allelic variation in Mhc-DRB lineages of primates

(2009) László Z Garamszegi et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals

(2009) Kate E. Jones et al.   ECOLOGY

Highly Endangered African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus) Lack Variation at the Major Histocompatibility Complex

(2009) C. D. Marsden et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Complexity and context of MHC-correlated mating preferences in wild populations

(2009) S. CRAIG ROBERTS   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

From evolutionary genetics to human immunology: how selection shapes host defence genes

(2009) Luis B. Barreiro et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Testis size, sperm characteristics and testosterone concentrations in four species of shrews (Mammalia, Soricidae)

(2008) R.N. Parapanov et al.   ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE

Sperm competition and the evolution of testes size in terrestrial mammalian carnivores

(2008) G. Iossa et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Coevolutionary relationship between helminth diversity and MHC class II polymorphism in rodents

(2008) J. GOÜY DE BELLOCQ 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