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The effect of early experience on MHC-based mate preferences in two B10.W strains of mice (Mus domesticus).
Behavior genetics - 1 May 1997
Eklund A
Abstract excerpt
Previous experiments have demonstrated that mice of some strains show mate preferences that are based on genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), and rearing environment appears to influence these preferences. This experiment investigated if fostering affected MHC-based mate preferences in two additional strains of mice for which it was known that females exhibited MHC-dissimilar preferences. Pups...
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