Screening MHC alleles of Great Reed Warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) from hatching to breeding using 454-sequencing technique
Abstract The Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays a central role in the vertebrate immune system. The protein products of MHC genes present foreign peptides to T-cells, which then initiates the appropriate immune responses. MHC genes show extreme level of polymorphism and this was suggested to be maintained by selective pressures exerted by various parasites. Although associations between
