Female choice and variation in the major histocompatibility complex.

doi:10.1093/genetics/132.2.575

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Female choice and variation in the major histocompatibility complex.

Genetics - 1 Oct 1992

Hedrick P W

Abstract excerpt

The cause of the high genetic variability in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is not entirely clear. Recently, two reports suggest that female mice prefer to mate with males different from them at the MHC. A model of female choice appropriate for those observations is developed here. Fe...

Topics

Animals
Female
Genetic Variation
Heterozygote
Homozygote
Major Histocompatibility Complex
Male
Mice
Models, Genetic
Polymorphism, Genetic
Sexual Behavior, Animal

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