Functional consequences of genetic diversity in Strongyloides ratti infections

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1519, 2003, Pages 1023-1032

  Paterson, S ^a,b   Viney, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecology; Genetics; Immunity; Nematode parasites; Parasites

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FECUNDITY; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; SURVIVORSHIP;

ARTICLE; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNITY; LABORATORY INFECTION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI;

NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI;

EID: 0037854316     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2346     Document Type: Article

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