Disentangling genetic variation for resistance and tolerance to infectious diseases in animals

Science

Volumn 318, Issue 5851, 2007, Pages 812-814

  Råberg, Lars ^a,b   Sim, Derek ^a,c   Read, Andrew F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA; PARASITE RESISTANCE; RODENT;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOUSE STRAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALARIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 38449094810     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1148526     Document Type: Article

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