Variation in phenoloxidase activity and its relation to parasite resistance within and between populations of Daphnia magna

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1544, 2004, Pages 1175-1183

  Mucklow, Patrick T ^a   Vizoso, Dita B ^a,b   Jensen, Knut Helge ^b   Refardt, Dominik ^b   Ebert, Dieter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Immunity; Immunocompetence; Microsporidia; Phenoloxidase; Resistance

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; SAALIAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAPHNIA; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; MICROSPORIDIA; PASTEURIA; PASTEURIA RAMOSA;

EID: 2942581081     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2707     Document Type: Article

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