TY - JOUR AU - Grogan, Kathleen E. AU - Harris, Rachel L. AU - Boulet, Marylène AU - Drea, Christine M. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/08/22 TI - Genetic variation at MHC class II loci influences both olfactory signals and scent discrimination in ring-tailed lemurs JO - BMC Evolutionary Biology SP - 171 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Diversity at the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) is critical to health and fitness, such that MHC genotype may predict an individual’s quality or compatibility as a competitor, ally, or mate. Moreover, because MHC products can influence the components of bodily secretions, an individual’s body odors may signal its MHC composition and influence partner identification or mate choice. Here, we investigated MHC-based signaling and recipient sensitivity by testing for odor-gene covariance and behavioral discrimination of MHC diversity and pairwise dissimilarity in a strepsirrhine primate, the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta). SN - 1471-2148 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1486-0 DO - 10.1186/s12862-019-1486-0 ID - Grogan2019 ER -