Plasmodium relictum infection and MHC diversity in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1709, 2011, Pages 1264-1272

  Loiseau, Claire ^a,e   Zoorob, Rima ^b   Robert, Alexandre ^c   Chastel, Olivier ^b   Julliard, Romain ^c   Sorci, Gabriele ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^e SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Diversifying selection; Passer domesticus; Plasmodium relictum; Resistance; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTAGONISM; AVIFAUNA; COEVOLUTION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALARIA; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PASSERINE; PROTIST; VIRULENCE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; SPARROW;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENE FREQUENCY; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALARIA, AVIAN; PLASMODIUM; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPARROWS;

EID: 79960032435     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1968     Document Type: Article

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