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Disease ecology in the Galápagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis): host genetic diversity, parasite load and natural antibodies by Whiteman, Noah Kerness, Matson, Kevin D, Bollmer, Jennifer L, Parker, Patricia G

“…An increased susceptibility to disease is one hypothesis explaining how inbreeding hastens extinction in island endemics and threatened species. Experimental…”
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110 years of Avipoxvirus in the Galapagos Islands by Parker, Patricia G, Buckles, Elizabeth L, Farrington, Heather, Petren, Kenneth, Whiteman, Noah K, Ricklefs, Robert E, Bollmer, Jennifer L, Jiménez-Uzcátegui, Gustavo

“…The role of disease in regulating populations is controversial, partly owing to the absence of good disease records in historic wildlife populations. We…”
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Reduced MHC and neutral variation in the Galápagos hawk, an island endemic by Bollmer, Jennifer L, Hull, Joshua M, Ernest, Holly B, Sarasola, José H, Parker, Patricia G

“…Genes at the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are known for high levels of polymorphism maintained by balancing selection. In small or bottlenecked…”
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Low MHC variation in the endangered Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) by Bollmer, Jennifer L, Vargas, F. Hernán, Parker, Patricia G

“…The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is one of the most polymorphic regions of the genome, likely due to balancing selection acting to maintain alleles…”
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Phylogeography of the Galápagos hawk ( Buteo galapagoensis): A recent arrival to the Galápagos Islands by Bollmer, Jennifer L., Kimball, Rebecca T., Whiteman, Noah Kerness, Sarasola, José Hernán, Parker, Patricia G.

“…Galápagos hawks ( Buteo galapagoensis) are one of the most inbred bird species in the world, living in small, isolated island populations. We used…”
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MHC VARIATION IS RELATED TO A SEXUALLY SELECTED ORNAMENT, SURVIVAL, AND PARASITE RESISTANCE IN COMMON YELLOWTHROATS by Dunn, Peter O., Bollmer, Jennifer L., Freeman-Gallant, Corey R., Whittingham, Linda A.

“…Hamilton and Zuk proposed that females choose mates based on ornaments whose expression is dependent on their genetically based resistance to parasites. The…”
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Social and extra-pair mating in relation to major histocompatibility complex variation in common yellowthroats by Bollmer, Jennifer L., Dunn, Peter O., Freeman-Gallant, Corey R., Whittingham, Linda A.

“…Females are thought to gain better-quality genes for their offspring by mating with particular males. Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) play…”
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Extensive MHC Class II B Gene Duplication in a Passerine, the Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) by Bollmer, Jennifer L., Dunn, Peter O., Whittingham, Linda A., Wimpee, Charles

“…The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is characterized by a birth and death model of evolution involving gene duplication, diversification, loss of…”
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Differentiation with drift: a spatio-temporal genetic analysis of Galápagos mockingbird populations (Mimus spp.) by Hoeck, Paquita E. A., Bollmer, Jennifer L., Parker, Patricia G., Keller, Lukas F.

“…Small and isolated island populations provide ideal systems to study the effects of limited population size, genetic drift and gene flow on genetic diversity…”
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3D-04 Greater prairie-chickens have a compact MHC-B with a single class 1A locus by EIMES John A, REED Kent M, MENDOZA Kristelle M, BOLLMER Jennifer L, WHITTINGHAM Linda A, BATESON Zachary W, DUNN Peter O

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Drift and selection influence geographic variation at immune loci of prairie-chickens by BOLLMER, JENNIFER L., RUDER, ELIZABETH A., JOHNSON, JEFF A., EIMES, JOHN A., DUNN, PETER O.

“…Previous studies of immunity in wild populations have focused primarily on genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC); however, studies of model…”
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Mhc class II diversity and balancing selection in greater prairie-chickens by Eimes, John A, Bollmer, Jennifer L, Dunn, Peter O, Whittingham, Linda A, Wimpee, Charles

“…The major histocompatibility complex (Mhc) of domestic chickens has been characterized as small and relatively simple compared with that of mammals. However,…”
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On the origin of the Galápagos hawk: an examination of phenotypic differentiation and mitochondrial paraphyly by HULL, JOSHUA M., SAVAGE, WESLEY K., BOLLMER, JENNIFER L., KIMBALL, REBECCA T., PARKER, PATRICIA G., WHITEMAN, NOAH K., ERNEST, HOLLY B.

“…Previous phylogenetic hypotheses suggest a sister group relationship between mainland and widespread Buteo swainsoni (Swainson's hawk) and the island…”
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POPULATION GENETICS OF THE GALÁPAGOS HAWK (BUTEO GALAPAGOENSIS): GENETIC MONOMORPHISM WITHIN ISOLATED POPULATIONS by Bollmer, Jennifer L, Whiteman, Noah K, Cannon, Michelle D, Bednarz, James C, Vries, Tjitte de, Parker, Patricia G

“…Because of their smaller size and isolation, island populations tend to be more divergent and less genetically variable than mainland populations. We collected…”
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VARIATION IN MORPHOLOGY AND MATING SYSTEM AMONG ISLAND POPULATIONS OF GALÁPAGOS HAWKS by Bollmer, Jennifer L, Sanchez, Tania, Cannon, Michelle Donaghy, Sanchez, Didier, Cannon, Brian, Bednarz, James C, de Vries, Tjitte, Struve, M. Susana, Parker, Patricia G

“…Interspecific variation in sexual size dimorphism has commonly been attributed to variation in social mating system, with dimorphism increasing as intrasexual…”
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Population Genetics of the Galápagos Hawk (Buteo Galapagoensis): Genetic Monomorphism Within Isolated Populations by Bollmer, Jennifer L., Whiteman, Noah K., Cannon, Michelle D., Bednarz, James C., Vries, Tjitte de, Parker, Patricia G.

“…Because of their smaller size and isolation, island populations tend to be more divergent and less genetically variable than mainland populations. We collected…”
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MHC VARIATION IS RELATED TO A SEXUALLY SELECTED ORNAMENT, SURVIVAL, AND PARASITE RESISTANCE IN COMMON YELLOWTHROATS: MHC-BASED MATE CHOICE IN A WARBLER by Dunn, Peter O., Bollmer, Jennifer L., Freeman-Gallant, Corey R., Whittingham, Linda A.

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Drift and selection influence geographic variation at immune loci of prairie-chickens: DRIFT AND SELECTION ON IMMUNE LOCI by BOLLMER, JENNIFER L., RUDER, ELIZABETH A., JOHNSON, JEFF A., EIMES, JOHN A., DUNN, PETER O.

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On the origin of the Galápagos hawk: an examination of phenotypic differentiation and mitochondrial paraphyly: PARAPHYLY IN B. SWAINSONI AND B. GALAPAGOENSIS by HULL, JOSHUA M., SAVAGE, WESLEY K., BOLLMER, JENNIFER L., KIMBALL, REBECCA T., PARKER, PATRICIA G., WHITEMAN, NOAH K., ERNEST, HOLLY B.

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Population genetics of island endemics: Neutral and major histocompatibility loci by Bollmer, Jennifer L

“…Island archipelagoes are ideal for the study of microevolutionary forces due to their multiple, closely related but geographically disjunct populations. For my…”
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