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Genomic associations with poxvirus across divergent island populations in Berthelot's pipit.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2022
Sheppard Eleanor C, Martin Claudia A, Armstrong Claire, González-Quevedo Catalina, Illera Juan Carlos, Suh Alexander, Spurgin Lewis G, Richardson David S
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Understanding the mechanisms and genes that enable animal populations to adapt to pathogens is important from an evolutionary, health and conservation perspective. Berthelot's pipit (Anthus berthelotii) experiences extensive and consistent spatial heterogeneity in avian pox infection pressure across its range of island populations, thus providing an excellent system with which to examine how pathogen-mediated...
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