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Evolutionary trade-off between innate and acquired immune defences in birds

BACKGROUND: The development, maintenance, and use of immune defences are costly. Therefore, animals face trade-offs in terms of resource allocation within their immune system and between their immune system and other physiological processes. To maximize fitness, evolution may favour investment in on...

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Autores principales: Minias, Piotr, Peng, Wei-Xuan V. -H., Matson, Kevin D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10486109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37684615
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-023-00511-1