Selection, diversity and evolutionary patterns of the MHC class II DAB in free-ranging Neotropical marsupials

Yvonne Meyer-Lucht^1,2 , Celine Otten^1,2 , Thomas Püttker^1,2 and Simone Sommer^1,2

¹Evolutionary Genetics, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17, D-10315 Berlin, Germany

²Animal Ecology and Conservation, Biozentrum Grindel, Department of Biology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany