Sex and age-biased nematode prevalence in reptiles

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3890-3899

  Brown, David S ^a   Symondson, William O C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acquired immunity; age prevalence; immunosuppression; parasitism; slow worms

Indexed keywords

ANGUIS FRAGILIS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

HELMINTH DNA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGE; AGE PREVALENCE; ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIZARD; MALE; NEMATODE; PARASITISM; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOW WORMS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNITY; AGE PREVALENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; PARASITISM; SLOW WORMS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; FECES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LIZARDS; MALE; NEMATODA; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84904755072     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12688     Document Type: Conference Paper

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