MHC-DRB evolution provides insight into parasite resistance in white-tailed deer

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-64

  Ditchkoff, Stephen S ^a,b   Hoofer, Steven R ^a,c   Lochmiller, Robert L ^a   Masters, Ronald E ^a,d   Van Den Bussche, Ronald A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CERVIDAE; NEMATODA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 14844319295     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2005)050<0057:MEPIIP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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