No evidence of an MHC-based female mating preference in great reed warblers
(2004) In Molecular Ecology 13(8). p.2465-2470- Abstract
- Female mate-choice based on genetic compatibility is an area of growing interest. The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes are likely candidates for such mate-choice since these highly polymorphic genes may both increase offspring viability and also provide direct cues for mate-choice. In great reed warblers, females actively choose a breeding partner out of a handful of males that they visit and evaluate; thus, female preference for compatible or heterozygous MHC genes could have evolved. Here, I investigate whether great reed warbler females preferentially mate with males with dissimilar MHC class I alleles or with males that are heterozygous at MHC class I. Despite favourable conditions, a thorough screening method and a large... (More)
- Female mate-choice based on genetic compatibility is an area of growing interest. The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes are likely candidates for such mate-choice since these highly polymorphic genes may both increase offspring viability and also provide direct cues for mate-choice. In great reed warblers, females actively choose a breeding partner out of a handful of males that they visit and evaluate; thus, female preference for compatible or heterozygous MHC genes could have evolved. Here, I investigate whether great reed warbler females preferentially mate with males with dissimilar MHC class I alleles or with males that are heterozygous at MHC class I. Despite favourable conditions, a thorough screening method and a large sample size, there was no evidence of an MHC-based female mating preference based on either genetic compatibility or heterozygosity in this population. Power analyses of the data sets revealed that relatively small differences (15% and 8%, respectively) between true and random pairs should have been detected. (Less)
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- Westerdahl, Helena LU
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- 2004
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- Molecular Ecology
- volume
- 13
- issue
- 8
- pages
- 2465 - 2470
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
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- pmid:15245418
- scopus:3242678159
- pmid:15245418
- ISSN
- 0962-1083
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02238.x
- project
- Long-term study of great reed warblers
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- English
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title = {{No evidence of an MHC-based female mating preference in great reed warblers}},
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