This article is part of a Special Issue “Chemosignals and Reproduction”. Chemical cues
were probably the first cues ever used to communicate and are still ubiquitous among living …

Studies of MHC‐based mate choice in wild populations often test hypotheses on species
exhibiting female choice and male–male competition, which reflects the general prevalence …

Over evolutionary time, pathogen challenge shapes the immune phenotype of the host to
better respond to an incipient threat. The extent and direction of this selection pressure …

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a genetic region encoding classical class I
and class II molecules that are highly polymorphic, are widely and strongly expressed …

Male traits that signal health and vigour are used by females to choose better quality mates,
but in some cases the male trait selected by females differs among populations. Multiple …

Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) encode antigen‐binding molecules
and are an integral part of the acquired immune response of vertebrates. In general, high …

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays a key role in vertebrate immunity, and
pathogen-mediated selection often favours certain allelic combinations. Assessing potential …

Genes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) have become an important marker for
the investigation of adaptive genetic variation in vertebrates because of their critical role in …

Although many studies have documented the effects of demographic bottlenecks on the
genetic diversity of natural populations, there is conflicting evidence of the roles that genetic …

Avian chemical communication, once largely overlooked, is a growing field that has
revealed the important role that olfaction plays in the social lives of some birds. Leach's …