Mhc supertypes confer both qualitative and quantitative resistance to avian malaria infections in a wild bird population

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1759, 2013, Pages

  Sepil, Irem ^a   Lachish, Shelly ^a   Hinks, Amy E ^a   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Great tit (Parus major); Major histocompatibility complex; Plasmodium; Resistance; Supertype

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AVIFAUNA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALARIA; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PASSERINE; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84875288964     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0134     Document Type: Article

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