Evolutionary BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
MHC-I diversity enables rapid adaptation during viral pandemic in wild rabbit populations
Yexin Zhang, Jonathan P. Day, Marina Lirintzi…·Francis M. Jiggins
The paper shows MHC-I diversity allowed wild rabbits to rapidly adapt to the myxoma virus pandemic through evolutionary shifts in allele frequencies.
DOI 10.1073/pnas.2532064123