Impact of major histocompatibility complex class II polymorphisms on Iberian red deer parasitism and life history traits

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1232-1239

  Fernandez de Mera, Isabel G ^a   Vicente, Joaquin ^a,b   Naranjo, Victoria ^a   Fierro, Yolanda ^a   Garde, Jose J ^a,c   de la Fuente, Jose ^a,d   Gortazar, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b Ciudad Real Agricultural Engineering School EUITA   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Desarrollo Regional   (Spain)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Life history trait; Major histocompatibility complex; Parasite; Tuberculosis; Wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

AGE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOGENETICS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MACROPARASITE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; SPLEEN SIZE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; DEER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPLEEN; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TUBERCULOSIS;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS HISPANICUS;

EID: 70449596012     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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