Major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in the polygynous primate: The Sichuan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 598-612

  Yang, Banghe ^a,b   Ren, Baoping ^a   Xiang, Zuofu ^c   Yang, Jingyuan ^d   Yao, Hui ^d   Garber, Paul A ^e   Li, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology of Shennongjia Golden Monkey   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Disassortative mating; Major histocompatibility complex; Mate choice; Rhinopithecus roxellana

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84922354352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12084     Document Type: Article

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