Picky penguins: Does mate choice depend on genes that help resist disease?

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - 16:01 in Biology & Nature

Magellanic penguins have a high level of variation in genes associated with the ability to fight infectious disease, but a recent study found that the mechanism the penguins use to ensure that diversity is far from black and white.

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