Detecting genes for variation in parasite burden and immunological traits in a wild population: Testing the candidate gene approach

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 757-773

  Brown, E A ^a   Pilkington, J G ^b   Nussey, D H ^b   Watt, K A ^b   Hayward, A D ^a,b   Tucker, R ^a   Graham, A L ^c   Paterson, S ^d   Beraldi, D ^b   Pemberton, J M ^b   Slate, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

association study; candidate gene; ecological immunity; genomics; parasite resistance; Soay sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITE LOAD; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 84872435084     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05757.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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