MHC-mediated sexual selection on birdsong: Generic polymorphism, particular alleles and acoustic signals.

doi:10.1111/mec.14703

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MHC-mediated sexual selection on birdsong: Generic polymorphism, particular alleles and acoustic signals.

Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2018

Garamszegi László Zsolt, Zagalska-Neubauer Magdalena, Canal David, Blázi György, Laczi Miklós, Nagy Gergely, Szöllősi Eszter, Vaskuti Éva, Török János, Zsebők Sándor

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Several hypotheses predict that the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) drives mating preference in females. Olfactory, colour or morphological traits are often found as reliable signals of the MHC profile, but the role of avian song mediating MHC-based female choice remains largely unexplored. We investigated the relationship between several MHC and acoustic features in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula...

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Alleles
Animals
Exons
Female
Major Histocompatibility Complex
Male
Polymorphism, Genetic
Selection, Genetic
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Songbirds

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PMID: 29693314
DOI: 10.1111/mec.14703

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