Patterns of MHC selection in African mole-rats, family Bathyergidae: The effects of sociality and habitat

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1536, 2004, Pages 273-278

  Kundu, Samit ^a   Faulkes, Christopher G ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African mole rats; Bathyergidae; Major histocompatibility complex genes; Natural selection; Sociality

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

HABITAT TYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COEVOLUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; BATHYERGIDAE; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1042279485     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2584     Document Type: Article

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