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The Genetic Basis of Inbreeding Avoidance in House Mice
Animals might be able to use highly polymorphic genetic markers to recognize very close relatives and avoid inbreeding [1, 2]. The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is thought to provide such a marker [1, 3–6] because it influences individual scent in a broad range of vertebrates [6–10]. Howeve...
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Cell Press
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2148465/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17997307 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.041 |