The Major Histocompatibility Complex, Sexual Selection, and Mate Choice

By M. Milinski. 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Immunology

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Communication in troubled waters: responses of fish communication systems to changing environments (2011, background): “We know that fish use chemical cues, for example, in species recognition during mating (reviewed in Smadja and Butlin 2009), for making intersexual mate choice decisions within species (Wong et al. 2005; Milinski 2006 ), and for synchronizing reproductive behaviour (Sorensen and Stacey 2004).”
The Role of Parasitism in Adaptive Radiations—When Might Parasites Promote and When Might They Constrain Ecological Speciation? (2012, background): “They are also often involved in mate choice [69], thus having a pleiotropic role in parasite resistance and reproductive behaviour.”
Kin recognition and inbreeding avoidance in wild birds: the first evidence for individual kin-related odour recognition (2012, background): “The identification of family members by odour has been recognized inmammals for decades (Wyatt 2003; Milinski 2006), yet the ability to discriminate kin by scent alone has rarely been investigated in birds (Hagelin & Jones 2007; Caro & Balthazart 2010).”
Kin recognition: an overview of conceptual issues, mechanisms and evolutionary theory (2010, background): “MHC genes influence odour and mating preferences in a variety of species, including mice, humans, fish, and frogs (Yamazaki et al. 1988, Penn and Potts 1998, Milinski 2006).”
Major urinary protein (MUP) profiles show dynamic changes rather than individual ‘barcode’ signatures (2015, background): “…mating preferences that enhance genetic compatibility (increasing offspring MHC heterozygosity and avoiding inbreeding) (Penn and Potts, 1999; Penn, 2002; Milinski, 2006; Roberts, 2009; Thoß et al., 2011), thereby providing significant fitness benefits (Meagher et al., 2000; Ilmonen et al., 2008).”
Parasite diversity, patterns of MHC II variation and olfactory based mate choice in diverging three-spined stickleback ecotypes (2011, background): “…found in vertebrates: this high intra- and inter-individual polymorphism is thought to be maintained by negative frequency-dependent selection, heterozygote advantage and habitat heterogeneity mediated by parasites (for review see Apanius et al. 1997; Milinski 2006; Spurgin and Richardson 2010).”