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Mate choice for major histocompatibility complex complementarity in a strictly monogamous bird, the grey partridge (Perdix perdix)

BACKGROUND: Sexual selection has been hypothesised as favouring mate choice resulting in production of viable offspring with genotypes providing high pathogen resistance. Specific pathogen recognition is mediated by genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) encoding proteins fundamental fo...

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Autores principales: Rymešová, Dana, Králová, Tereza, Promerová, Marta, Bryja, Josef, Tomášek, Oldřich, Svobodová, Jana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šálek, Miroslav, Albrecht, Tomáš
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5312559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28239400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0194-0