Parasite-mediated selection against inbred Soay sheep in a free-living, island population

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1259-1267

  Coltman, David W ^a   Pilkington, Jill G ^a   Smith, Judith A ^a   Pemberton, Josephine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Inbreeding depression; Microsatellite; Parasite resistance; Pathogen; Survival; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INBREEDING; ISOLATED POPULATION; SELECTION;

HIRTA; SCOTLAND(WESTERN ISLES); UNITED KINGDOM;

NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032859759     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb04538.x     Document Type: Article

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