MHC-dependent survival in a wild population: evidence for hidden genetic benefits gained through extra-pair fertilizations

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Brouwer, Lyanne
Barr, Iain
van de Pol, Martijn
Burke, Terry
Komdeur, Jan
Richardson, David S.

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Females should prefer to be fertilized by males that increase the genetic quality of their offspring. In vertebrates, genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) play a key role in the acquired immune response and have been shown to affect mating

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Molecular Ecology

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2037-12-31