Major histocompatibility complex class II compatibility, but not class I, predicts mate choice in a bird with highly developed olfaction

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1746, 2012, Pages 4457-4463

  Strandh, Maria ^a,b   Westerdahl, Helena ^b   Pontarp, Mikael ^c   Canbäck, Björn ^b   Dubois, Marie Pierre ^a   Miquel, Christian ^d   Taberlet, Pierre ^d   Bonadonna, Francesco ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

454 pyrosequencing; Ajor histocompatibility complex; Genetic compatibility; MHC class I; MHC class II B

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALLELE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNITY; MATE CHOICE; MONOGAMY; ODOR; OLFACTION; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; SEABIRD;

AVES; HALOBAENA CAERULEA; MAMMALIA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 84866842100     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1562     Document Type: Article

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