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].