MHC heterozygosity may increase subordinate but not alpha male siring success in white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus imitator)
Janet C. Buckner, Katharine M. Jack, Margaret S. Buehler, Amanda Dawn Melin, Valérie A. M. Schoof, Eva C. Wikberg, Saúl Cheves Hernández, Linda Marie Fedigan, Jessica Ward Lynch
This study examines MHC heterozygosity's role in siring success among white-faced capuchin monkeys, finding that subordinate males with MHC diversity sire more offspring when related to alpha males.
Primates · Nov 27, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology