MHC diversity and the association to nematode parasitism in the yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2233-2243

  Meyer Lucht, Y ^a   Sommer, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apodemus flavicollis; Helminthic parasitism; Major histocompatibility complex; Muridae; Rare allele advantage

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MURIDAE; NEMATODE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FECES; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURIDAE; NEMATODA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RODENT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; MURIDAE; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 17744368625     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02557.x     Document Type: Article

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