Association between major histocompatibility complex class II DRB alleles and parasite load in the hairy-footed gerbil, Gerbillurus paeba, in the southern Kalahari

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-91

  Harf, R ^a   Sommer, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Gerbillurus paeba; Helminthic parasite load; Major histocompatibility complex; South Africa

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CESTODE; DESERT CLIMATE; EXON; GENETICS; GERBIL; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BOTSWANA; CESTODA; DESERT CLIMATE; EXONS; GERBILLINAE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NEMATODA;

GERBILLINAE; GERBILLURUS; GERBILLURUS PAEBA; MAMMALIA; VERMES;

EID: 12444253043     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02402.x     Document Type: Article

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