Opposites attract: MHC-associated mate choice in a polygynous primate

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-148

  Setchell, J M ^a   Charpentier, M J E ^b   Abbott, K M ^c   Wickings, E J ^d   Knapp, L A ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Dissassortative mating; Good genes; Heterozygosity; Major histocompatability complex; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

GENE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROGENEITY; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL EFFECT; PRIMATE; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MANDRILLUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MANDRILLUS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

MANDRILLUS SPHINX; PRIMATES;

EID: 72449182780     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01880.x     Document Type: Article

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