Female sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus use self-reference to optimize MHC allele number during mate selection

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-126

  Aeschlimann, P B ^a   Haberli M A ^a   Reusch, T B H ^a   Boehm, T ^b   Milinski, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mate choice; MHC diversity; Natural population; Odor; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; FISH; GENETIC VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; PARASITE RESISTANCE;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0038824957     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0611-6     Document Type: Article

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