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| Title |
Good vs complementary genes for parasite resistance and the evolution of mate choice
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, November 2004
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-4-48 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
R Stephen Howard, Curtis M Lively |
| Abstract |
Female mate choice may be adaptive when males exhibit heritable genetic variation at loci encoding resistance to infectious disease. The Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis predicts that females should assess the genetic quality of males by monitoring traits that indicate health and vigor (condition-dependent choice, or CD). Alternatively, some females may employ a more direct method of screening and select mates based on the dissimilarity of alleles at the major histocompatibility loci (we refer to this as opposites-attract, or OA). Empirical studies suggest that both forms of mate choice exist, but little is known about the potential for natural selection to shape the two strategies in nature. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 87 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| Czechia | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 79 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 26 | 30% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 26% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 6% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 13% |
| Unknown | 9 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 67 | 77% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 2% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 2% |
| Psychology | 2 | 2% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 12 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 April 2022.
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#1,997
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#39,856
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#3
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