Cell-mediated immunity and multi-locus heterozygosity in bluethroat nestlings

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1954-1960

  FossOy F ^a,b   Johnsen, A ^a   Lifjeld, J T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Heterozygosity fitness correlations; Immunocompetence; Mean d2; Microsatellites; Multi locus heterozygosity; PHA assay

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

CHROMOSOME; FITNESS; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NESTLING; PASSERINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SONGBIRDS;

LUSCINIA;

EID: 69249165800     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01790.x     Document Type: Article

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