Relative importance of MHC and genetic background for parasite load in a field experiment

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 373-386

  Rauch, Gisep ^a   Kalbe, Martin ^a   Reusch, Thorsten B H ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive and innate immune system; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Major histocompatibility complex; Parasite load

Indexed keywords

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 33645858291     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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