Pathogens as potential selective agents in the wild

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 4523-4525

  Dionne, Mélanie ^a  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SALMON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PHYLOGENY; SALMON; SELECTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350754506     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04375.x     Document Type: Article

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