Natural Selection on Individual Variation in Tolerance of Gastrointestinal Nematode Infection

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Hayward, Adam D ^a,b   Nussey, Daniel H ^b   Wilson, Alastair J ^c   Berenos, Camillo ^b   Pilkington, Jill G ^b   Watt, Kathryn A ^b   Pemberton, Josephine M ^b   Graham, Andrea L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FITNESS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION TOLERANCE; MALE; NATURAL SELECTION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; SHEEP; SOAY SHEEP; SURVIVAL RATE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84905407687     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001917     Document Type: Article

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