Is brightest best? Testing the Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis in Mandrills

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 825-844

  Setchell, Joanna M ^a   Charpentier, Marie J E ^b   Abbott, Kristin M ^c   Wickings, E Jean ^d   Knapp, Leslie 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

Handicap; Heterozygosity; Immunocompetence handicap hypothesis; Lymphocytes; MHC; Parasite mediated sexual selection; Parasites; Secondary sexual traits

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CONSPECIFIC; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; PARASITE; PELAGE; PRIMATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL;

FRANCEVILLE BASIN; GABON; HAUT OGOOUE;

PALES; PRIMATES;

EID: 77952741222     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-009-9371-0     Document Type: Article

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