Hookworm infection, anaemia and genetic variability of the New Zealand sea lion

Hookworms are intestinal blood-feeding nematodes that parasitize and cause high levels of mortality in a wide range of mammals, including otariid pinnipeds. Recently, an empirical study showed that inbreeding (assessed by individual measures of multi-locus heterozygosity) is associated with hookworm...

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Autores principales: Acevedo-Whitehouse, Karina, Petetti, Laura, Duignan, Padraig, Castinel, Aurelie
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2009
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Research articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2817199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19605394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.1001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2817199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19605394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.1001

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