Natural variation in the genetic architecture of a host-parasite interaction in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1327-1339

  Wilfert, Lena ^a   Gadau, J ^b   Baer, B ^c   Schmid Hempel, P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Encapsulation; Epistasis; Natural population; QTL; Red Queen

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BODY SIZE; CRITHIDIA; FEMALE; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; BEES; BODY SIZE; CRITHIDIA; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA BOMBI; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 33847675936     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03234.x     Document Type: Article

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