Social and extra-pair mating in relation to major histocompatibility complex variation in common yellowthroats

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1748, 2012, Pages 4778-4785

  Bollmer, Jennifer L ^a   Dunn, Peter O ^a   Freeman Gallant, Corey R ^b   Whittingham, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Extra pair mating; Good genes; Immunity; Warbler

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868097945     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1885     Document Type: Article

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