Costly major histocompatibility complex signals produced only by reproductively active males, but not females, must be validated by a ‘maleness signal’ in three-spined sticklebacks

Olfactory information about individual major histocompatibility complex (MHC) immune genotypes is important for mate choice in several species. For example, during the mate choice decisions of three-spined sticklebacks, females assess males on the basis of odour cues that convey information about th...

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Main Authors: Milinski, Manfred, Griffiths, Siân W., Reusch, Thorsten B. H., Boehm, Thomas
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842650/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19846459
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.1501
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