The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) has become a paradigm for how selection can
act to maintain adaptively important genetic diversity in natural populations. Here, we review …

Microbial ecologists strive to understand the factors that influence the structures and
functions of microbial communities. At first glance, understanding these communities might …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

A fully updated guide to the increasingly prevalent use of molecular data in ecological
studies Molecular ecology is concerned with how molecular biology and population genetics …

Research conducted in the last fifteen years has placed in question many of the traditional
conclusions scholars have formed about human female sexuality. Though conventional …

To maintain sexual reproduction, recombination of good genes through selective mate
choice must achieve a twofold genetic benefit in each generation.“Fragrant” immune genes …

Female choice for male ornamental traits is widely accepted as a mechanism by which
females maximize their reproductive success and/or offspring quality. However, there is an …

Sexual selection hypotheses stipulate that the major histocompatibility complex genes
(MHC) constitute a key molecular underpinning for mate choice in vertebrates. The last four …

Procellariiform seabirds wander the world's oceans aided by olfactory abilities rivaling those
of any animal on earth. Over the past 15 years, I have been privileged to study the sensory …

Loss of genetic variation may render populations more vulnerable to pathogens due to
inbreeding depression and depletion of variation in genes responsible for immunity against …