Are associations of immune gene expression, body condition and parasite burden detectable in nature? A case study in an endemic rodent from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-30

  Schwensow, Nina ^a   Axtner, Jan ^a   Sommer, Simone ^a  

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

Author keywords

Brazilian Atlantic Forest; Delomys sublineatus; Immune gene expression; Natural population; Parasite burden

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; COEVOLUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELOMYS SUBLINEATUS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENTIA;

DELOMYS SUBLINEATUS; RODENTIA; VERMES;

EID: 78650183696     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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