The development of pathogen resistance in Daphnia magna: Implications for disease spread in age-structured populations

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 3929-3934

  Garbutt, Jennie S ^a   O'Donoghue, Anna J P ^a   McTaggart, Seanna J ^a   Wilson, Philip J ^a   Little, Tom J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Daphnia; Epidemiology; Immunity; Invertebrate; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PASTEURIA RAMOSA; VERTEBRATA;

AGE; ANIMAL; DAPHNIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PASTEURIA; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; PASTEURIA;

EID: 84925851212     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.111260     Document Type: Article

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