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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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BioMed Central
2004
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| 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 |