Genetic and environmental variation in antibody and T-cell mediated responses in the great tit

Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2483-2489

  Kilpimaa, Janne ^a   Van De Casteele, Tom ^b   Jokinen, Ilmari ^a   Mappes, Johanna ^a   Alatalo, Rauno V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b INNOGENETICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diphtheria; Heritability; Immune function; Specificity; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COEVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; PASSERINE;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 28644435444     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb00958.x     Document Type: Article

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