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Blood parasites shape extreme major histocompatibility complex diversity in a migratory passerine.

Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2018

Biedrzycka Aleksandra, Bielański Wojciech, Ćmiel Adam, Solarz Wojciech, Zając Tadeusz, Migalska Magdalena, Sebastian Alvaro, Westerdahl Helena, Radwan Jacek

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Pathogens are one of the main forces driving the evolution and maintenance of the highly polymorphic genes of the vertebrate major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Although MHC proteins are crucial in pathogen recognition, it is still poorly understood how pathogen-mediated selection promotes and maintains MHC diversity, and especially so in host species with highly duplicated MHC genes. Sedge warblers...

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PMID: 29654666
DOI: 10.1111/mec.14592

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