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| Title |
Genetic incompatibility drives mate choice in a parasitic wasp
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Zoology, July 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1742-9994-10-43 |
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| Authors |
Andra Thiel, Anne C Weeda, Jetske G de Boer, Thomas S Hoffmeister |
| Abstract |
Allelic incompatibility between individuals of the same species should select for mate choice based on the genetic make-up of both partners at loci that influence offspring fitness. As a consequence, mate choice may be an important driver of allelic diversity. A complementary sex determination (CSD) system is responsible for intraspecific allelic incompatibility in many species of ants, bees, and wasps. CSD may thus favour disassortative mating and in this, resembles the MHC of the vertebrate immune system, or the self-incompatibility (SI) system of higher plants. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 44 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 43 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 18% |
| Researcher | 8 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 14% |
| Professor | 5 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 9% |
| Other | 9 | 20% |
| Unknown | 4 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 29 | 66% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 7% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 5% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 5 | 11% |