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Chemical composition of preen wax reflects major histocompatibility complex similarity in songbirds.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 16 Nov 2016

Slade J W G, Watson M J, Kelly T R, Gloor G B, Bernards M A, MacDougall-Shackleton E A

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In jawed vertebrates, genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) play a key role in immunity by encoding cell-surface proteins that recognize and bind non-self antigens. High variability at MHC suggests that these loci may also function in social signalling such as mate choice and kin recognition. This requires that MHC genotype covaries with some perceptible phenotypic trait. In mammals and fish, MHC is...

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PMID: 27807264
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1966
PMCID: PMC5124098

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