Wild cyclic voles maintain high neutral and MHC diversity without strong evidence for parasite-mediated selection

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 957-975

  Winternitz, J C ^a,c   Wares, J P ^b   Yabsley, M J ^a   Altizer, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Cestodes; Eimeria; Host parasite relationship; Major histocompatibility complex; Microsatellites; Microtus montanus

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DISEASE; GENETIC DRIFT; HETEROZYGOSITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATE CHOICE; MIGRATION; PARASITE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTOZOAN; SELECTION; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 84905702889     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-014-9709-8     Document Type: Article

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