Genetic wealth, population health: Major histocompatibility complex variation in captive and wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta )

Illegal lemur trade grows in Madagascar

(2017) Kim E. Reuter et al.   NATURE

Ameliorating the loss of genetic diversity in captive wildlife populations

(2016) J. A. Ivy   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

The major histocompatibility complex in Old World camelids and low polymorphism of its class II genes

(2016) Martin Plasil et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Next-generation genotyping of hypervariable loci in many individuals of a non-model species: technical and theoretical implications

(2016) Kathleen E. Grogan et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Rapid Decrease in Populations of Wild Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta) in Madagascar

(2016) Marni LaFleur et al.   FOLIA PRIMATOLOGICA

Major histocompatibility complex class II genetic variation in forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii) in China

(2015) Gang Yao et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

High major histocompatibility complex class I polymorphism despite bottlenecks in wild and domesticated populations of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

(2015) Daniel J. Newhouse et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Low MHC variation in isolated island populations of the Natterjack toad (Bufo calamita)

(2015) Jacob Höglund et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Toll-like receptor diversity in 10 threatened bird species: relationship with microsatellite heterozygosity

(2015) Catherine E. Grueber et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

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

(2015) Eva Pechouskova et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Contrasting patterns of selection and drift between two categories of immune genes in prairie-chickens

(2015) Zachary W. Bateson et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

MHC variation reflects the bottleneck histories of New Zealand passerines

(2015) Jolene T. Sutton et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Lack of genetic diversity across diverse immune genes in an endangered mammal, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

(2015) Katrina M. Morris et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genetic rescue of small inbred populations: meta-analysis reveals large and consistent benefits of gene flow

(2015) Richard Frankham   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Comparison of the genetic variation of captive ring-tailed lemurs with a wild population in Madagascar

(2015) Jennifer Pastorini et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY

Patterns of Gut Bacterial Colonization in Three Primate Species

(2015) Erin A. McKenney et al.   PLoS One

Analyses of historical and current populations of black grouse in Central Europe reveal strong effects of genetic drift and loss of genetic diversity

(2014) Gernot Segelbacher et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Genetic rescue in Isle Royale wolves: genetic analysis and the collapse of the population

(2014) Philip W. Hedrick et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Role of selection versus neutral processes determining genetic variation in a small mammal along a climatic gradient in southern Africa

(2014) Götz Froeschke et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

MHC class II diversity of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) populations across their range

(2014) Q Lau et al.   HEREDITY

454 screening of individual MHC variation in an endemic island passerine

(2014) Catalina Gonzalez-Quevedo et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Next-generation approaches to advancing eco-immunogenomic research in critically endangered primates

(2014) P. A. Larsen 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

Life history profiles for 27 strepsirrhine primate taxa generated using captive data from the Duke Lemur Center

(2014) Sarah M Zehr et al.   Scientific Data

Low MHC variation in the polar bear: implications in the face of Arctic warming?

(2013) D. S. Weber et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Climate change, predictive modeling and lemur health: Assessing impacts of changing climate on health and conservation in Madagascar

(2013) Meredith A. Barrett et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

NeEstimatorv2: re-implementation of software for the estimation of contemporary effective population size (Ne) from genetic data

(2013) C. Do et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

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

Balancing selection and genetic drift at major histocompatibility complex class II genes in isolated populations of golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

(2012) Mao-Fang Luo et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Spatial and temporal patterns of neutral and adaptive genetic variation in the endangered African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

(2012) CLARE D. MARSDEN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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

(2012) A. Ellison et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ex situ conservation genetics: a review of molecular studies on the genetic consequences of captive breeding programmes for endangered animal species

(2011) Kathrin A. Witzenberger et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Markers in Conservation Biology

(2011) Beata Ujvari et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Rapid loss of MHC class II variation in a bottlenecked population is explained by drift and loss of copy number variation

(2011) J. A. EIMES et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Major histocompatibility complex DRB genes and blood parasite loads in fragmented populations of the spotted suslik Spermophilus suslicus

(2011) Aleksandra Biedrzycka et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Drift and selection influence geographic variation at immune loci of prairie-chickens

(2011) JENNIFER L. BOLLMER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Major histocompatibility complex heterozygosity enhances reproductive success

(2011) M. THOß et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Major histocompatibility complex variation in insular populations of the Egyptian vulture: inferences about the roles of genetic drift and selection

(2011) ROSA AGUDO et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Disentangling the roles of natural selection and genetic drift in shaping variation at MHC immunity genes

(2011) JOLENE T. SUTTON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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

Genomic sweep and potential genetic rescue during limiting environmental conditions in an isolated wolf population

(2011) J. R. Adams et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The role of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in the spread of contagious cancers

(2010) Katherine Belov   MAMMALIAN GENOME

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

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

Homozygosity at a class II MHC locus depresses female reproductive ability in European brown hares

(2010) STEVE SMITH et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genetic Restoration of the Florida Panther

(2010) W. E. Johnson et al.   SCIENCE

Does reduced MHC diversity decrease viability of vertebrate populations?

(2009) Jacek Radwan et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

An essay on the necessity and feasibility of conservation genomics

(2009) N. Joop Ouborg et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

MHC diversity in bottlenecked populations: a simulation model

(2009) Maciej Jan Ejsmond et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Linkage disequilibrium estimates of contemporaryNeusing highly variable genetic markers: a largely untapped resource for applied conservation and evolution

(2009) Robin S. Waples et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Opposites attract: MHC-associated mate choice in a polygynous primate

(2009) J. M. SETCHELL et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Reduced major histocompatibility complex class II polymorphism in a hunter-managed isolated Iberian red deer population

(2009) I. G. Fernández-de-Mera et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Major histocompatibility complex heterozygote advantage and widespread bacterial infections in populations of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

(2009) MELISSA L. EVANS et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) heterozygote superiority to natural multi-parasite infections in the water vole (Arvicola terrestris)

(2009) M.K Oliver et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Molecular paternity determination in captive bonobos and the impact of inbreeding on infant mortality

(2008) S. Van Coillie et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Inbreeding depression in ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta): genetic diversity predicts parasitism, immunocompetence, and survivorship

(2008) Marie J. E. Charpentier et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

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

(2008) Elise Huchard et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

To what extent do microsatellite markers reflect genome-wide genetic diversity in natural populations?

(2008) ÜLO VÄLI et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Lifetime reproductive success is maximized with optimal major histocompatibility complex diversity

(2008) M. Kalbe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Somatic Variation in Living, Wild Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta)

(2007) Michelle L. Sauther et al.   FOLIA PRIMATOLOGICA