Resistance to abomasal nematodes and individual genetic variability in reindeer

• Published in: Molecular Ecology
• Main Authors: Côté, Steeve D., Stien, Audun, Irvine, R Justin, Dallas, John F, Marshall, Freda, Halvorsen, Odd, Langvatn, Rolf, Albon, Steve
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Science 2021
• Subjects: heterozygosity; Marshallagia marshalli; Ostertagia gruehneri; Rangifer tarandus; Reindeer; Trichostrongyle nematodes; Nématodes; Renne > Parasites; Variabilité génétique; Renne > Génétique; Étude d'association pangénomique; Renne; Svalbard; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; svalbard reindeer; renne
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/69535; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02733.x

Resistance to parasites is believed to have a widespread influence on demographic and adaptive processes. In systems where parasites impose a fitness cost on their host, heterozygotes may be selected because they are more resistant to parasites than homozygotes. Our objective was to assess the relat...