MHC, mate choice and heterozygote advantage in a wild social primate

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2545-2561

  Huchard, Elise ^a,b,c,e   Knapp, Leslie A ^d   Wang, Jinliang ^e   Raymond, Michel ^a,b   Cowlishaw, Guy ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Mating systems; Population genetics; Reproductive strategies; Sexual selection; Social structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABOON; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MATE CHOICE; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PAPIO; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO URSINUS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953524800     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04644.x     Document Type: Article

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