Is more better? Polyploidy and parasite resistance

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 598-600

  King, K C ^a   Seppala O ^b,c   Neiman, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelic diversity; Gene expression; Host condition; Host parasite interactions; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; POLYPLOIDY;

EID: 84864427224     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1152     Document Type: Article

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