No evidence of prenatal diversifying selection at locus or supertype levels in the dog MHC class II loci

Table 1 The dog breeds, the number of offspring (N_O), the number of families (N_F), the country of sampling and the MHC genotyping method

Breed	N_O	N_F	Country^a	MHC genotyping method
Kooikerhondje^b	17	10	Finland	Sequencing
Saluki^b	51	16	Finland	Sequencing
Lowchen^b	9	4	Finland	Sequencing
Icelandic Sheepdog^b	7	3	Finland	Sequencing
Kromfohrlander^b	90	24	Finland	Sequencing
Alaskan Husky^c	27	6	USA	Sequencing
Alaskan Husky^d	4	1	USA	Sequencing
English Cocker Spaniel^d	6	1	USA	Sequencing
Golden Retriever^d	7	3	USA	Sequencing
Staffordshire Bull Terrier^d	7	3	USA	Sequencing
Newfoundland^d	42	12	UK	Sequencing
Rhodesian Ridgeback^d	42	5	UK	Sequencing
Mixed-breed^d	84	16	USA	Sequencing
Mixed-breed^c	37	6	USA	Sequencing or microsatellite based
Total	430	110

^aBirth country may differ from the country of sampling, ^bData from this study, ^cRowan [35], ^dKennedy et al. [34]

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