Natural Selection on Individual Variation in Tolerance of Gastrointestinal Nematode Infection

Adam D. Hayward; Daniel H. Nussey; Alastair J. Wilson; Camillo Berenos; Jill G. Pilkington; Kathryn A. Watt; Josephine M. Pemberton; Andrea L. Graham

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001917

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Natural Selection on Individual Variation in Tolerance of Gastrointestinal Nematode Infection

Adam D. Hayward ,

* E-mail: adam.hayward@ed.ac.uk (ADH); algraham@princeton.edu (ALG)

Affiliation Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Daniel H. Nussey,

Affiliations Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Alastair J. Wilson,

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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Camillo Berenos,

Affiliation Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Jill G. Pilkington,

Affiliation Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Kathryn A. Watt,

Affiliations Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Josephine M. Pemberton,

Affiliation Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Andrea L. Graham

* E-mail: adam.hayward@ed.ac.uk (ADH); algraham@princeton.edu (ALG)

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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Natural Selection on Individual Variation in Tolerance of Gastrointestinal Nematode Infection

Adam D. Hayward,
Daniel H. Nussey,
Alastair J. Wilson,
Camillo Berenos,
Jill G. Pilkington,
Kathryn A. Watt,
Josephine M. Pemberton,
Andrea L. Graham

Published: July 29, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001917

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