Mhc variation is related to a sexually selected ornament, Survival, and parasite resistance in common yellowthroats

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 679-687

  Dunn, Peter O ^a   Bollmer, Jennifer L ^a   Freeman Gallant, Corey R ^b   Whittingham, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

454 pyrosequencing; Extrapair mating; Good genes; Immunity; Malaria; Warbler

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; MALARIA; MATE CHOICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PLASMODIUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS;

GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS;

EID: 84874715137     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01799.x     Document Type: Article

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