Female rose bitterling prefer MHC-dissimilar males: experimental evidence
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F12%3A00379065" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/12:00379065 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040780" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040780</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040780" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0040780</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Female rose bitterling prefer MHC-dissimilar males: experimental evidence
Original language description
The role of genetic benefits in female mate choice remains a controversial aspect of sexual selection theory. In contrast to "good allele" models of sexual selection, "compatible allele" models of mate choice predict that females prefer mates with alleles complementary to their own rather than conferring additive effects. While correlative results suggest complementary genetic effects to be plausible, direct experimental evidence is scarce. A previous study on the Chinese rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus) demonstrated a positive correlation between female mate choice, offspring growth and survival, and the functional dissimilarity between the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) alleles of males and females. Here we directly tested whether femalesused cues associated with MHC genes to select genetically compatible males in an experimental framework. By sequentially pairing females with MHC similar and dissimilar males, based on a priori known MHC profiles, we showed that females d
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA206%2F09%2F1163" target="_blank" >GA206/09/1163: Personalities, male mating tactics and role of females in sexual selection: studies on fish model systems</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
PLoS ONE
ISSN
1932-6203
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
7
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
000306548900047
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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