Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Markers in Conservation Biology

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MHC-dependent mate preferences in humans

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The importance of immune gene variability (MHC) in evolutionary ecology and conservation

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Between a rock and a hard place: evaluating the relative risks of inbreeding and outbreeding for conservation and management

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MHC studies in nonmodel vertebrates: what have we learned about natural selection in 15 years?

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The alluring simplicity and complex reality of genetic rescue

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Adaptive population divergence: markers, QTL and traits

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The Evolution of Mating Preferences and Major Histocompatibility Complex Genes

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How pathogens drive genetic diversity: MHC, mechanisms and misunderstandings

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Role of MHC Gene Products in Immune Regulation

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Inbreeding and Extinction: A Threshold Effect

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Inbreeding and Extinction: Island Populations

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Conservation genetics in transition to conservation genomics

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A Quantitative-Genetic Perspective on Conservation Issues

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Mate choice decisions of stickleback females predictably modified by MHC peptide ligands

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Inbreeding and Extinction: Island Populations

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Parasite Selection for Immunogenetic Optimality

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Transmission of a fatal clonal tumor by biting occurs due to depleted MHC diversity in a threatened carnivorous marsupial

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Inbreeding leads to extinction

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Is MHC enough for understanding wildlife immunogenetics?

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