Where are the parasites in the PHA response?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 228-229

  Owen, Jeb P ^a   Clayton, Dale H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; LETTER; PARASITE;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PARASITES; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS;

EID: 34247116420     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2007.02.003     Document Type: Letter

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