3.5 Phylogenetic Analysis
In phylogenetic analysis, we observed that sampled species form a
well-supported monophyletic clade with Erithacus rubeculs members
of Turdidae family in maximum likelihood analysis (Figure S1).
Bayesian analysis represents that most of the alleles shared amongTurdus atrogularis and Turdus reficollis . This pattern was
almost consistent among Turdus naumanni and Turdus eunomuspresented in Figure 4. The Net network of putative functional and
pseudogene MHC class I exon 3 sequences in Turdidae family with
other passerines indicate that allelic distribution among them is almost
congruent with limited divergence. For instance, Tueu-MHCI*PFA02and Tuna-MHCI*PFA07 networks formed a monophyletic clade in the
phylogenetic network of exon 3. Three alleles were shared amongTurdus naumanni and Turdus eunomus two among Turdus
rufficollis and Turdus atrogularis. The clustering of the
sequences among species could be due to trans-species polymorphism or
orthology [57].