Good vs complementary genes for parasite resistance and the evolution of mate choice

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Howard, R Stephen ^a   Lively, Curtis M ^b  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 12344329683     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-4-48     Document Type: Article

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