Conserved Evolution of MHC Supertypes among Japanese Frogs Suggests Selection for Resistance to Newcastle Disease

October 16, 2023

East Asian frogs appear to resist the deadly chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), and host immune genes such as the MHC (major histocompatibility complex) may play a role. Lau et al. (2023) established transcriptomic data from a range of Japanese frogs and characterized MHC genes…