Negative relationships between cellular immune response, Mhc class II heterozygosity and secondary sexual trait in the montane water vole

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-290

  Charbonnel, Nathalie ^a   Bryja, Josef ^a,b   Galan, Maxime ^a   Deter, Julie ^c   Tollenaere, Charlotte ^a   Chaval, Yannick ^a   Morand, Serge ^d   Cosson, Jean François ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Abundance cycles; Dqa and Drb; Immunocompetence handicap; Mhc class II genes; Parasite mediated balancing selection; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954309014     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2009.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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