Individual recognition: mice, MUPs and the MHC.
Recognition requires that identity be assigned to specific individuals as a result of perceived differences in their unique features and attributes. A recent study demonstrates that this phenomenon occurs in mice, and reveals the genetic signal that underlies it.
Cotton
Samuel
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Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. samuel.cotton@unil.ch
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