MHC class IIB additive and non-additive effects on fitness measures in the guppy Poecilia reticulata

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2299-2312

  Fraser, B A ^a   Neff, B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitness; Genetic quality; Growth rate; Major histocompatibility complex; Parasite; Poecilia reticulata

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GENE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HELMINTH; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC FITNESS; GENOTYPE; HELMINTHS; POECILIA;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GYRODACTYLUS; POECILIA RETICULATA; TREMATODA;

EID: 75149114585     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02449.x     Document Type: Article

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