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- Title
Genetic variation in the odorant receptors family 13 and the mhc loci influence mate selection in a multiple sclerosis dataset.
- Authors
Khankhanian, Pouya; Gourraud, Pierre-Antoine; Caillier, Stacy J; Santaniello, Adam; Hauser, Stephen L; Baranzini, Sergio E; Oksenberg, Jorge R
- Abstract
When selecting mates, many vertebrate species seek partners with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes different from their own, presumably in response to selective pressure against inbreeding and towards MHC diversity. Attempts at replication of these genetic results in human studies, however, have reached conflicting conclusions.
- Publication
BMC genomics, 2010, Vol 11, p626
- ISSN
1471-2164
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2164-11-626