Heterozygosity and lungworm burden in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina)

Heredity

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 587-593

  Rijks, J M ^a,b   Hoffman, J I ^c   Kuiken, T ^a   Osterhaus, A D M E ^a   Amos, W ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina); Heterozygosity fitness correlation (HFC); Lungworm burden; Otostrongylus circumlitus; Parafilaroides gymnurus

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

FITNESS; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INBREEDING; NEMATODE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PINNIPED;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GENOME; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEMATODIASIS; NETHERLANDS; PARASITOLOGY; PHOCA; STRONGYLOIDEA;

ANIMALS; GENOME; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NETHERLANDS; PHOCA; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; OTOSTRONGYLUS CIRCUMLITUS; PARAFILAROIDES; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 44349154028     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2008.18     Document Type: Article

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