Article
New perspectives on mate choice and the MHC.
Heredity - 1 Aug 1998
Jordan W C, Bruford M W
Abstract excerpt
A long series of studies on mice has shown that mate choice decisions can be made on the basis of individual genotype at the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), which accords well with the importance of immunocompetence in some theories of sexual selection. Recent work on other vertebrate spe...
Topics
- Animals
- Estrus
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Learning
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Sexual Behavior
- Sexual Behavior, Animal
- Social Behavior
- Vertebrates