MHC-disassortative mate choice and inbreeding avoidance in a solitary primate

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 4071-4086

  Huchard, Elise ^a   Baniel, Alice ^a   Schliehe Diecks, Susanne ^a,b   Kappeler, Peter M ^a,b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

grey mouse lemur; inbreeding avoidance; major histocompatibility complex; mate choice; sexual selection; spatial genetic structure

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEIROGALEIDAE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GREY MOUSE LEMUR; HAPLOTYPE; INBREEDING; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPATIAL GENETIC STRUCTURE;

GREY MOUSE LEMUR; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPATIAL GENETIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHEIROGALEIDAE; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-DQ BETA-CHAINS; HLA-DR BETA-CHAINS; INBREEDING; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84880770078     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12349     Document Type: Article

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