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Major-histocompatibility-complex-associated variation in secondary sexual traits of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus): evidence for good-genes advertisement.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Mar 2001
Ditchkoff S S, Lochmiller R L, Masters R E, Hoofer S R, Van Den Bussche R A
Abstract excerpt
Good-genes hypotheses predict that development of secondary sexual characters can be an honest advertisement of heritable male quality. We explored this hypothesis using a cervid model (adult, male white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus) to determine whether antler development could provide an honest signal of a male's genetic quality and condition to adversaries. We compared antler, morphometric, hormonal,...
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