Heritable variation in resistance to gastro-intestinal nematodes in an unmanaged mammal population

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1425, 1999, Pages 1283-1290

  Smith, Judith A ^a,d   Wilson, Kenneth ^b   Pilkington, Jill G ^c   Pemberton, Josephine M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generalized linear models; Heritability; Parasites; Sheep; Teladorsagia circumcincta; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; MAMMAL; NEMATODE; PARASITE RESISTANCE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ECTOPARASITE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAMMAL; NATURAL POPULATION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

AVES; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0033594998     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0776     Document Type: Article

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