Heterozygote deficiencies in parasite populations: An evaluation of interrelated hypotheses in the raccoon tick, Ixodes texanus

Heredity

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-260

  Dharmarajan, G ^a   Beasley, J C ^a   Rhodes Jr , O E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

component population; Hardy Weinberg equilibrium; Ixodes texanus; microsatellite; parasite; raccoon tick

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEMIZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE; IXODES; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARASITOLOGY; RACCOON;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HEMIZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE; IXODES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RACCOONS;

IXODES; IXODES TEXANUS; IXODIDA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 78751641227     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.84     Document Type: Article

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