Occurrence of extra-pair paternity is connected to social male's MHC-variability in the scarlet rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-10

  Promerová, Marta ^a   Vinkler, Michal ^a,b   Bryja, Josef ^a   Poláková, Radka ^a   Schnitzer, Jan ^b   Munclinger, Pavel ^b   Albrecht, Tomáš ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARITY; GOOD GENES HYPOTHESIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; PATERNITY;

AVES; CARPODACUS ERYTHRINUS; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952028580     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05221.x     Document Type: Article

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