Spatio-temporal analyses reveal infectious disease-driven selection in a free-ranging ungulate

Infectious diseases play an important role in wildlife population dynamics by altering individual fitness, but detecting disease-driven natural selection in free-ranging populations is difficult due to complex disease–host relationships. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal infectious prion dise...

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Main Authors: Melanie E. F. LaCava, Jennifer L. Malmberg, William H. Edwards, Laura N. L. Johnson, Samantha E. Allen, Holly B. Ernest
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2021-08-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.210802