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MHC genotype and male ornamentation: genetic evidence for the Hamilton-Zuk model.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Mar 1996

von Schantz T, Wittzell H, Göransson G, Grahn M, Persson K

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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is an immunologically important cluster of highly variable genes that is known to affect fitness in domesticated mammals and birds. Spur length of male pheasants in southern Sweden correlates with male viability, female mate choice, and offspring survival rate. Here we show by genetic analyses that the MHC genotype is associated with variation in both male spur length...

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PMID: 8920249
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1996.0041

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