Counting on immunity

Theo C. M. Bakker () and Marc Zbinden ()
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Theo C. M. Bakker: Institute for Evolution and Ecology, University of Bonn
Marc Zbinden: Institute for Evolution and Ecology, University of Bonn

Nature, 2001, vol. 414, issue 6861, 262-263

Abstract: Certain variable immune proteins affect an animal's choice of mate. In some species, females pick males with proteins as dissimilar as possible to their own. Studies of sticklebacks now reveal another mechanism.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1038/35104729

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