Major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in sand lizards
(2003) In Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences 270(suppl. 2). p.254-256- Abstract
- In mice and man, females prefer males with a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genotype different to their own. We tested whether this phenomenon also occurs in the Swedish sand lizard (Lacerta agilis). Females in a laboratory experiment preferred to associate with odour samples obtained from more distantly related males at the MHC class 1 loci. Data on free-ranging lizards suggest that associations between males and females are non-random with respect to MHC genotype. However, male spatial distribution and mobility during the mating season suggest that the non-random pairing process in the wild may also be driven by corresponding genetic benefits to males pairing with less related females.
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- author
- Olsson, M ; Madsen, Thomas LU ; Nordby, J ; Wapstra, E ; Ujvari, Beata LU and Wittsell, H
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- publishing date
- 2003
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
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- Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences
- volume
- 270
- issue
- suppl. 2
- pages
- 254 - 256
- publisher
- Royal Society Publishing
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- wos:000186662700039
- scopus:0242658821
- pmid:14667398
- ISSN
- 1471-2954
- DOI
- 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0079
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 0ac96ac3-b7b0-4f88-9feb-c18b1cf61b7a (old id 137137)
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