Pathogens can elicit high selective pressure on hosts, potentially altering genetic diversity
over short evolutionary timescales. Intraspecific variation in immune response is observable …

Abstract Background: The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) is a social rodent living in
permanent, complex burrow systems distributed throughout Central Asia, where it serves as …

The black rat (Rattus rattus) is the main reservoir of plague (Yersinia pestis infection) in
Madagascar's rural zones. Black rats are highly resistant to plague within the plague focus …

Genome scans using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers became
popular in nonmodel species within the last 10 years, but few studies have tried to …

We have previously described SEG/Pas as the first mouse inbred strain able to survive
subcutaneous injection of virulent Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague, and we identified …

Abstract Objectives In Madagascar, plague (Yersinia pestis infection) is endemic in the
central highlands, maintained by the couple Rattus rattus/flea. The rat is assumed to die …

Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague, is transmitted to mammals by infected fleas. Y. pestis
exhibits a distinct life stage in the flea, where it grows in the form of a cohesive biofilm that …

Immune heterogeneity in wild host populations indicates that disease-mediated selection is
common in nature. However, the underlying dynamic feedbacks involving the ecology of …

Plague, the causative agent of three devastating pandemics in history, is currently a re-
emerging disease, probably due to climate change and other anthropogenic changes …

The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) is a social rodent living in permanent, complex
burrow systems distributed throughout Central Asia, where it serves as the main host of …