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Female choice and variation in the major histocompatibility complex.

Genetics - 1 Oct 1992

Hedrick P W

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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. Female choice can in fact reduce the observed proportions of homozygotes, maintain genetic polymorphism, influence...

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PMID: 1427044
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/132.2.575
PMCID: PMC1205158

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