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Major histocompatibility complex similarity and sexual selection: different does not always mean attractive.

Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2015

Gasparini Clelia, Congiu Leonardo, Pilastro Andrea

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Females that mate multiply have the possibility to exert postcopulatory choice and select more compatible sperm to fertilize eggs. Prior work suggests that dissimilarity in major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays an important role in determining genetic compatibility between partners. Favouring a partner with dissimilar MHC alleles would result in offspring with high MHC diversity and therefore with enhanced...

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PMID: 25940673
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13222

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