Data from: Feather chemicals contain information about the major histocompatibility complex in a highly scented seabird ...

• Main Authors: Jennings, Sarah, Hoover, Brian, Sin, Simon Yung Wa, Ebeler, Susan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2021
• Subjects: FOS Biological sciences; Major histocompatibility complex; Leach's storm-petrel; chemical communication; Mate choice; olfaction; Feathers; Canada; Portage Island; Oceanodroma leucorhoa
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25338/b8sd14; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.25338/B8SD14

Mate choice informed by the immune genes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) may provide fitness benefits including offspring with increased immunocompetence. Olfactory cues are considered the primary mechanism organisms use to evaluate the MHC of potential mates, yet this idea has receive...