Allelic variation at innate immune genes (avian β-defensins), within a natural population of great tits

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 113-118

  Hellgren, Olof ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PASSERINE; PATHOGENICITY; WILD POPULATION;

ENGLAND; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WYTHAM WOODS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 84923054605     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jav.00370     Document Type: Article

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