Experimental infection magnifies inbreeding depression in house mice

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 834-841

  Ilmonen, P ^a,b   Penn, D J ^a,b   Damjanovich, K ^a   Clarke, J ^a   Lamborn, D ^a   Morrison, L ^a   Ghotbi, L ^a   Potts, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Evolution of sex; Host pathogen interactions; Inbreeding depression; Infectious diseases; Mating system; Mus; Mutational load; Salmonella; Sexual selection; Social stress

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MUTATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; MICE; RODENT DISEASES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; SALMONELLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 42049121918     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01510.x     Document Type: Article

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