HLA and human mate choice: Tests on Japanese couples

Anthropological Science

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-214

  Ihara, Yasuo ^a   Aoki, Kenichi ^a   Tokunaga, Katsushi ^b   Takahashi, Koki ^c   Juji, Takeo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disassortative mating; Mating preference; MHC; Monte Carlo method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034164116     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.108.199     Document Type: Article

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