MHC genotype and male ornamentation: Genetic evidence for the Hamilton-Zuk model
(1996) In Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences 263(1368). p.265-271- Abstract
- The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is an immunologically important cluster of highly variable genes that is known to affect fitness in domesticated mammals and birds. Spur length of male pheasants in southern Sweden correlates with male viability, female mate choice, and offspring survival rate. Here we show by genetic analyses that the MHC genotype is associated with variation in both male spur length and male viability. These are the first data that directly support a 'good genes' hypothesis by Hamilton and Zuk predicting that females discriminate among males on the basis of secondary sexual characters in order to pass on genes for disease resistance that improve fitness in their offspring.
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- author
- von Schantz, Torbjörn LU ; Wittzell, Håkan LU ; Göransson, Görgen ; Grahn, Mats LU and Persson, Kerstin LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 1996
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- branta-leucopsis, barnacle goose, sexual selection, preferences, mating, phasianus-colchicus, major histocompatibility complex, evolution, viability, pheasant, haplotypes
- in
- Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences
- volume
- 263
- issue
- 1368
- pages
- 265 - 271
- publisher
- Royal Society Publishing
- external identifiers
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- scopus:0029879967
- pmid:8920249
- ISSN
- 1471-2954
- DOI
- 10.1098/rspb.1996.0041
- project
- Avian MHC genes
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 3393d18a-35ec-46f2-8e2e-b0f6409301ee (old id 1747854)
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