Adaptations to host infection and larval parasitism in Unionoida

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 370-394

  Barnhart, M Christopher ^a   Haag, Wendell R ^b   Roston, William N ^c  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater mussel; Glochidia; Host specificity; Innate immunity; Parasitism; Unionoida

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIVALVE; EVOLUTION; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; PARASITISM;

AMBLEMINAE; BIVALVIA; EPIOBLASMA; GLOCHIDIA; UNIONOIDA;

EID: 47049117973     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/07-093.1     Document Type: Review

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