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Mortality selection during the 2003 European heat wave in three-spined sticklebacks: effects of parasites and MHC genotype.
BMC evolutionary biology - 30 Apr 2008
Wegner K Mathias, Kalbe Martin, Milinski Manfred, Reusch Thorsten Bh
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Ecological interaction strength may increase under environmental stress including temperature. How such stress enhances and interacts with parasite selection is almost unknown. We studied the importance of resistance genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II in 14 f...
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