Immune-Mediated Change in the Expression of a Sexual Trait Predicts Offspring Survival in the Wild

BACKGROUND: The “good genes” theory of sexual selection postulates that females choose mates that will improve their offspring's fitness through the inheritance of paternal genes. In spite of the attention that this hypothesis has given rise to, the empirical evidence remains sparse, mostly bec...

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Autores principales: Chargé, Rémi, Sorci, Gabriele, Hingrat, Yves, Lacroix, Frédéric, Saint Jalme, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3184954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21984912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025305

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3184954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21984912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025305

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