Major histocompatibility complex heterozygosity enhances reproductive success

Is genetic diversity associated with mating success in humans?

(2010) Hanne C. Lie et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Homozygosity at a class II MHC locus depresses female reproductive ability in European brown hares

(2010) STEVE SMITH et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

MHC heterozygosity and survival in red junglefowl

(2010) KIRSTY WORLEY et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

No evidence for optimal fitness at intermediate levels of inbreeding in Drosophila melanogaster

(2009) STEPHEN P. ROBINSON et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Reduced heterozygosity impairs sperm quality in endangered mammals

(2009) J. L. Fitzpatrick et al.   Biology Letters

Females prefer the scent of outbred males: good-genes-as-heterozygosity?

(2009) Petteri Ilmonen et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Experimental evidence that high levels of inbreeding depress sperm competitiveness

(2009) S. R. K. ZAJITSCHEK et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Opposites attract: MHC-associated mate choice in a polygynous primate

(2009) J. M. SETCHELL et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Adult survival and microsatellite diversity in possums: effects of major histocompatibility complex-linked microsatellite diversity but not multilocus inbreeding estimators

(2009) Sam C. Banks et al.   OECOLOGIA

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) heterozygote superiority to natural multi-parasite infections in the water vole (Arvicola terrestris)

(2009) M.K Oliver et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Disease-mediated inbreeding depression in a large, open population of cooperative crows

(2009) A. K. Townsend et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A Single Peptide-MHC Complex Positively Selects a Diverse and Specific CD8 T Cell Repertoire

(2009) B. Wang et al.   SCIENCE

Genetic Heterozygosity and Sociality in a Primate Species

(2008) Marie J. E. Charpentier et al.   BEHAVIOR GENETICS

Mortality selection during the 2003 European heat wave in three-spined sticklebacks: effects of parasites and MHC genotype

(2008) K Mathias Wegner et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Inbreeding depression in ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta): genetic diversity predicts parasitism, immunocompetence, and survivorship

(2008) Marie J. E. Charpentier et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

The Direct Assessment of Genetic Heterozygosity through Scent in the Mouse

(2008) Michael D. Thom et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Experimental infection magnifies inbreeding depression in house mice

(2008) P. ILMONEN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Heterozygosity-fitness correlations and their relevance to studies on inbreeding depression in threatened species

(2008) CATHERINE E GRUEBER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Smelling right: the scent of male lemurs advertises genetic quality and relatedness

(2008) MARIE J. E. CHARPENTIER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Extensive polymorphism and geographical variation at a positively selected MHC class II B gene of the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)

(2008) MIGUEL ALCAIDE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Does intra-individual major histocompatibility complex diversity keep a golden mean?

(2008) B. Woelfing et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

MHC-mediated mate choice increases parasite resistance in salmon

(2008) S. Consuegra et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Lifetime reproductive success is maximized with optimal major histocompatibility complex diversity

(2008) M. Kalbe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An Association Between the Kinship and Fertility of Human Couples

(2008) A. Helgason et al.   SCIENCE

Compatibility counts: MHC-associated mate choice in a wild promiscuous primate

(2007) N. Schwensow et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES