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Natural Parasite Infection Affects the Tolerance but Not the Response to a Simulated Secondary Parasite Infection
Parasites deplete the resources of their host and can consequently affect the investment in competing traits (e.g. reproduction and immune defence). The immunocompetence handicap hypothesis posits that testosterone (T) mediates trade-offs between parasite defence and reproductive investment by suppr...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3531392/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23300593 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052077 |