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Contrasting epidemic histories reveal pathogen-mediated balancing selection on class II MHC diversity in a wild songbird.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2012

Hawley Dana M, Fleischer Robert C

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The extent to which pathogens maintain the extraordinary polymorphism at vertebrate Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes via balancing selection has intrigued evolutionary biologists for over half a century, but direct tests remain challenging. Here we examine whether a well-characterized...

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PMID: 22291920
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030222
PMCID: PMC3264569

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