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Very high MHC Class IIB diversity without spatial differentiation in the mediterranean population of greater Flamingos.
BMC evolutionary biology - 20 Feb 2017
Gillingham Mark A F, Béchet Arnaud, Courtiol Alexandre, Rendón-Martos Manuel, Amat Juan A, Samraoui Boudjéma, Onmuş Ortaç, Sommer Simone, Cézilly Frank
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BACKGROUND: Selective pressure from pathogens is thought to shape the allelic diversity of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes in vertebrates. In particular, both local adaptation to pathogens and gene flow are thought to explain a large part of the intraspecific variation observed in MHC allelic diversity. To date, however, evidence that adaptation to locally prevalent pathogens maintains MHC variation...
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