Associations between MHC class II variation and phenotypic traits in a free-living sheep population
W. Huang, K. L. Dicks, K. Ballingall, S. E. Johnston, A. Sparks, K. Watt, J. Pilkington, J. Pemberton
The paper examines associations between MHC class II variation and phenotypic traits in Soay sheep, finding links with immunoglobulin levels but not with body weight or parasite egg count.
bioRxiv · Apr 22, 2021Evolutionary Biology