Sexual selection explains more functional variation in the mammalian major histocompatibility complex than parasitism

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1769, 2013, Pages

  Winternitz, J C ^a,d   Minchey, S G ^a   Garamszegi, L Z ^b   Huang, S ^c   Stephens, P R ^a   Altizer, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Major histocompatibility complex; Mate choice; Meta analysis; Parasite richness; Parasite mediated selection; Phylogenetic comparative methods

Indexed keywords

BAT; CARNIVORE; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATE CHOICE; META-ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; RODENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAMMAL; MATE CHOICE; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; GENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAMMALS; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84988295459     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1605     Document Type: Article

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