Odour signals major histocompatibility complex genotype in an Old World monkey

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1703, 2011, Pages 274-280

  Setchell, Joanna M ^a   Vaglio, Stefano ^b   Abbott, Kristin M ^c   Moggi Cecchi, Jacopo ^b   Boscaro, Francesca ^b   Pieraccini, Giuseppe ^b   Knapp, Leslie A ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Honest signalling; Kin recognition; Mate choice; MHC odourtype; Olfaction; Semiochemicals

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEST SIGNALING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KIN RECOGNITION; KIN SELECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATE CHOICE; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PRIMATE; RELATEDNESS; SECRETION; SEMIOCHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE;

EID: 78650461085     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0571     Document Type: Conference Paper

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