Good genes

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Byers, J.A. and Waits, L. (2006) Good genes sexual selection in nature. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sd. USA 103, 16343-16345. 

Landry, C., Garant, D., Duchesne, P. and Bematchez, L. (2001) Good genes as heterozygosity the major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in Atlantic salmon (Salrno salar). Proc. R. Soc. B 268, 1279-1285. 

Mays, H.L. and Hill, G.E. (2004) Choosing mates good genes versus genes that are a good fit. Trends Ecol. Evol. 19, 554-559. 

Genetic evidence for the good genes process of sexual selection. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 35 235-241. 

In many wild animals, older males are often preferred by females, because they carry good genes that account for their viability. In the case of mice, Mus musculus, higher levels of (l/ ,5S,7R)-dehydro- r0-brevicomin 20... 

Tdetterman The other side of that coin is that smart people get all the good genes. 

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