No relationship between individual genetic diversity and prevalence of avian malaria in a migratory kestrel

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 4858-4866

  Ortego, Joaquín ^a   Cordero, Pedro J ^a   Aparicio, José Miguel ^a   Calabuig, Gustau ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Falco naumanni; Haemoproteus; Heterozygosity; Lesser kestrel; Microsatellites; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; FALCONIFORMES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; FALCONIFORMES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALARIA, AVIAN; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FALCO NAUMANNI; HAEMOPROTEUS;

EID: 36248989581     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03554.x     Document Type: Article

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