The role of the immune system in behavioral strategies of reproduction

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 341-365

  Moshkin, Mikhail P ^a,b   Gerlinskaya, Ludmila A ^a   Evsikov, Vadim I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY OF ANIMALS   (Russian Federation)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunocompetence; Mating choice; MHC dissimilarity; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345315441     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.46.341     Document Type: Article

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