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In mating tests of B6 males, and of congenic B6-T1aa males, with paired B6 and B6-T1aa females, there was a preponderance of matings with B6-Th1aa females in both cases. These results conform to a hypothesis that in theQa-T1a region there is anRi (recognition of identity) gene which is expressed in females and influences mating preference; and that anotherRi gene, expressed in males and also influencing mating preference, is situated elsewhere in the MHC region.
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Andrews, P.W., Boyse, E.A. Mapping of anH-2-linked gene that influences mating preference in mice. Immunogenetics 6, 265–268 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01563917
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01563917