The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a genetic region encoding classical class I and class II molecules that are highly polymorphic, are widely and strongly expressed …
A Drews, H Westerdahl - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Passerine birds belong to the most species rich bird order and are found in a wide range of habitats. The extremely polymorphic adaptive immune system of passerines, identified …
YA Halley, SE Dowd, JE Decker, PM Seabury… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Wild populations of northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus; hereafter bobwhite) have declined across nearly all of their US range, and despite their importance as an …
Variation in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is increasingly associated with disease susceptibility and resistance in avian species of agricultural importance. This …
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a group of highly polymorphic, closely linked genes found in the genome of all jawed vertebrates. Genes in this region are involved in …