Genetic diversity and Capillaria hepatica (Nematoda) prevalence in Michigan deer mouse populations

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1318-1324

  Meagher, Shawn ^a,b  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozyme heterozygosity; Conservation biology; Islands; Parasitism; Peromyscus maniculatus; Population density

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; PARASITE INFESTATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

CAPILLARIA; CAPILLARIA HEPATICA; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; HEPATICA; NEMATODA; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032880147     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb04547.x     Document Type: Article

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