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MHC-based mate choice combines good genes and maintenance of MHC polymorphism.

Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2009

Eizaguirre C, Yeates S E, Lenz T L, Kalbe M, Milinski M

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Polymorphic genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are regarded as essential genes for individual fitness under conditions of natural and sexual selection. To test this hypothesis, we investigated the ultimate individual fitness trait--that of reproductive success. We used three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in seminatural enclosures, located in natural breeding areas where the...

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PMID: 19523111
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04243.x

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