Major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in sand lizards
Major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in sand lizards
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England: The Royal Society
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In mice and man, females prefer males with a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genotype different to their own. We tested whether this phenomenon also occurs in the Swedish sand lizard (Lacerta agilis). Females in a laboratory experiment preferred to associate with odour samples obtained from more distantly related males at the MHC class 1 loc...
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Major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in sand lizards
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TN_cdi_jstor_primary_3592371
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_jstor_primary_3592371
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0962-8452,1471-2954
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1471-2954
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10.1098/rsbl.2003.0079
