Morphological plasticity varies with duration of infection: Evidence from lactating and virgin wild-derived house mice (Mus musculus) infected with an intestinal parasite (Heligmosomoides polygyrus; Nematoda)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2351-2360

  Kristan, Deborah M ^a,b   Hammond, Kimberly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heligmosomoides polygyrus; Infection duration; Lactation; Mus musculus; Nematoda; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LACTATION; LIVER; MOUSE; NEMATODIASIS; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; ORGAN SIZE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE; SPLEEN; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; INTESTINE, SMALL; KIDNEY; LACTATION; LIVER; MICE; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; ORGAN SIZE; RODENT DISEASES; SPLEEN; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; NEMATODA; RODENTIA;

EID: 3142535068     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01020     Document Type: Article

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