Beyond splitting hares and rabbiting on about major histocompatibility complex complexity

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 4099-4101

  Oliver, Matthew ^a   Piertney, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conservation genetics; ecological genetics; host parasite interactions; natural selection and contemporary evolution; wildlife management

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COCCIDIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; HARE; MALE; NEMATODE; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; RABBIT; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIA; FEMALE; HARES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NEMATODA; PARASITE LOAD; RABBITS; REPRODUCTION;

COCCIDIA; LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 77957238695     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04812.x     Document Type: Article

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