Parasite-mediated selection of major histocompatibility complex variability in wild brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii) from Inner Mongolia, China

[11] Lougheed SC(2009)Variety matters: adaptive genetic diversity and parasite load in two mouse opossums from the Brazilian Atlantic forest Evol Ecol Res 11 1085-18

[12] Lijtmaer DA(2012)Number of MHC alleles is related to parasite loads in natural populations of yellow necked mice, Mol Ecol 21 1632-2243

[13] Di Giacomo AS(2011)Evidence for selection at cytokine loci in a natural population of field voles ( PLoS Genet 7 e1002343-731

[14] Eaton MD(2005)) Frontiers in Zoology 2 1-13

[15] Tubaro PL(2005)Genetic diversity in cytokines associated with immune variation and resistance to multiple pathogens in a natural rodent population Mol Ecol 14 2233-39

[16] Freedman AH(2012)The importance of immune gene variability (MHC) in evolutionary ecology and conservation Ecol Lett 15 723-426

[17] Thomassen HA(2009)MHC diversity and the association to nematode parasitism in the yellow-necked mouse ( BMC Evol Biol 9 1-988

[18] Buermann W(2008)) BMC Genet 9 39-377

[19] Smith TB(1993)Divergent selection on locally adapted major histocompatibility complex immune genes experimentally proven in the field Nature 364 33-52

[20] Martins FM(2007)Diverse MHC IIB allele repertoire increases parasite resistance and body condition in the long-tailed giant rat ( Immunogenetics 59 417-226

[11] Lougheed SC(2009)Variety matters: adaptive genetic diversity and parasite load in two mouse opossums from the Brazilian Atlantic forest Evol Ecol Res 11 1085-18

[12] Lijtmaer DA(2012)Number of MHC alleles is related to parasite loads in natural populations of yellow necked mice, Mol Ecol 21 1632-2243

[13] Di Giacomo AS(2011)Evidence for selection at cytokine loci in a natural population of field voles ( PLoS Genet 7 e1002343-731

[14] Eaton MD(2005)) Frontiers in Zoology 2 1-13

[15] Tubaro PL(2005)Genetic diversity in cytokines associated with immune variation and resistance to multiple pathogens in a natural rodent population Mol Ecol 14 2233-39

[16] Freedman AH(2012)The importance of immune gene variability (MHC) in evolutionary ecology and conservation Ecol Lett 15 723-426

[17] Thomassen HA(2009)MHC diversity and the association to nematode parasitism in the yellow-necked mouse ( BMC Evol Biol 9 1-988

[18] Buermann W(2008)) BMC Genet 9 39-377

[19] Smith TB(1993)Divergent selection on locally adapted major histocompatibility complex immune genes experimentally proven in the field Nature 364 33-52

[20] Martins FM(2007)Diverse MHC IIB allele repertoire increases parasite resistance and body condition in the long-tailed giant rat ( Immunogenetics 59 417-226