Trans-Species Polymorphism in Immune Genes: General Pattern or MHC-Restricted Phenomenon?

Table 1

Number of published research articles dealing with TSP in vertebrate immune genes available on Web of Science, final update 19 March 2015. For details see Supplement 1.

Gene group	Gene	Number of references
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC)	Classical MHC I: HLA-A, -B, -C, MHC Ia undifferentiated	27
	Non-classical MHC I: HLA-E, -G	2
	MHC IIA: DPA, DRA, DQA, DAA, MHC IIA undifferentiated	36
	MHC IIB: DPB, DRB, DQB, DAB, DRB-like, MHC IIB undifferentiated	80
Non-MHC immunoglobulins	PSMB8 (LMP7)	4
	IGVH	2
	C Alfa gene	2
Host defence peptides	AvBD12	2
2-5A synthetase family	OAS1b	2
Tripartite motif protein family	TRIM5alfa	2