Wenzel, M. A.Piertney, S. B.2016-03-312016-03-312015-04Wenzel, M A & Piertney, S B 2015, 'Digging for gold nuggets : uncovering novel candidate genes for variation in gastrointestinal nematode burden in a wild bird species', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 807-825. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.126141010-061XORCID: /0000-0003-0093-368X/work/113225393http://hdl.handle.net/2164/5801Acknowledgements This study was funded by a BBSRC studentship (MAWenzel) and NERC grants NE/H00775X/1 and NE/D000602/1 (SB Piertney). The authors are grateful to Marianne James, Mario Roder and Keliya Bai for field-work assistance, Lucy M.I. Webster and Steve Paterson for help during prior development of genetic markers,Heather Ritchie for helpful comments on manuscript drafts and all estate owners, factors and keepers for access to field sites, most particularly MJ Taylor and Mike Nisbet (Airlie), Neil Brown (Allargue), RR Gledson and David Scrimgeour (Delnadamph), Andrew Salvesen and John Hay (Dinnet), Stuart Young and Derek Calder (Edinglassie), Kirsty Donald and DavidBusfield (Glen Dye), Neil Hogbin and Ab Taylor (Glen Muick), Alistair Mitchell (Glenlivet), Simon Blackett, Jim Davidson and Liam Donald (Invercauld), Richard Cooke and Fred Taylor (Invermark), Shaila Rao and Christopher Murphy (Mar Lodge), and Ralph Peters and Philip Astor (Tillypronie)192380622engcandidate genescomplex phenotypesgenetic architectureinfinitesimal theorylarge-effect polymorphismsparasite susceptibilitylagopus-lagopus-scoticusmale red grousemajor histocompatibility complexgeneralized estimating equationswaterflea daphnia-magnaexpressed sequence tagsColumbia river-basintrichostrongylus-tenuislinkage disequilibriumphenotypic plasticityQH301 BiologyQH301Journal article10.1111/jeb.12614284