Number of MHC alleles is related to parasite loads in natural populations of yellow necked mice, Apodemus flavicollis

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1085-1097

  Meyer Lucht, Y ^a,b   Sommer, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apodemus flavicollis; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Genetic variability; Major histocompatibility complex; Microsatellites; Muridae

Indexed keywords

APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; MURIDAE; MUS; NEMATODA; RODENTIA;

EID: 70350335340     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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