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Choosy Wolves? Heterozygote Advantage But No Evidence of MHC-Based Disassortative Mating.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Mar 2016

Galaverni Marco, Caniglia Romolo, Milanesi Pietro, Lapalombella Silvana, Fabbri Elena, Randi Ettore

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A variety of nonrandom mate choice strategies, including disassortative mating, are used by vertebrate species to avoid inbreeding, maintain heterozygosity and increase fitness. Disassortative mating may be mediated by the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), an important gene cluster controlling immune responses to pathogens. We investigated the patterns of mate choice in 26 wild-living breeding pairs of gray...

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PMID: 26610365
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esv090
PMCID: PMC5994966

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