Hookworm infection, anaemia and genetic variability of the New Zealand sea lion

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1672, 2009, Pages 3523-3529

  Acevedo Whitehouse, Karina ^a   Petetti, Laura ^a   Duignan, Padraig ^b   Castinel, Aurelie ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Haemostasis; Heterozygosity; Hookworms; Inbreeding; New Zealand sea lion

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANEMIA; BLOOD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INBREEDING; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PINNIPED;

ALLELE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING; BREEDING; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; OTARIIDAE; PHOCARCTOS HOOKERI; PINNIPEDIA; ZALOPHUS;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEW ZEALAND; SEA LIONS;

EID: 70349617475     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1001     Document Type: Article

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