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Table 2 Results from randomisation testing of (dis-)assortative mating in the grey partridge based on amino acid variants of MHCIIB

From: Mate choice for major histocompatibility complex complementarity in a strictly monogamous bird, the grey partridge (Perdix perdix)

Variable

95% CI min

95% CI max

Median

Amino acid variants sharing (similarity)

0.3333

0.5714

0.3333

Mean amino acid distance

0.1953

0.2215

0.2156

  1. The median for actual pairs was compared with the 95% confidence interval limits for randomly chosen pairs (based on 10 000 permutations and 36 known actual pairs)
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Frontiers in Zoology

ISSN: 1742-9994