Allelic diversity and patterns of selection at the major histocompatibility complex class I and II loci in a threatened shorebird, the Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus)

Allelic diversity and patterns of selection at the major histocompatibility complex class I and II loci in a threatened shorebird, the Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus)

Abstract Background Understanding the structure and variability of adaptive loci such as the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes is a primary research goal for evolutionary and conservation genetics. Typically, classical MHC genes show high polymorphism and are under strong balancing select...

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Main Authors: Medardo Cruz-López, Guillermo Fernández, Helen Hipperson, Eduardo Palacios, John Cavitt, Daniel Galindo-Espinosa, Salvador Gómez del Angel, Raya Pruner, Oscar Gonzalez, Terry Burke, Clemens Küpper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
Balancing selection
Peptide-binding region (PBR)
MHC class I
MHC class II
Private alleles
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-020-01676-7

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