No evidence of an MHC-based female mating preference in great reed warblers

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2465-2470

  Westerdahl, Helena ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genetic compatibility; Heterozygosity; Mate choice; MHC; Passerine

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; SWEDEN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; SWEDEN;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 3242678159     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02238.x     Document Type: Article

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