Good vs complementary genes for parasite resistance and the evolution of mate choice

BACKGROUND: Female mate choice may be adaptive when males exhibit heritable genetic variation at loci encoding resistance to infectious disease. The Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis predicts that females should assess the genetic quality of males by monitoring traits that indicate health and vigor (condition...

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Autores principales: Howard, R Stephen, Lively, Curtis M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC543473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15555062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-4-48

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC543473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15555062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-4-48

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