Two's a Crowd: Phenotypic Adjustments and Prophylaxis in Anticarsia gemmatalis Larvae Are Triggered by the Presence of Conspecifics

Defence from parasites and pathogens involves a cost. Thus, it is expected that organisms use this only at high population densities, where the risk of pathogen transmission may be high, as proposed by the "density-dependent prophylaxis" (DDP) hypothesis. These predictions have been tested...

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Autores principales: Silva, Farley W. S., Viol, Daniel L., Faria, Sirlene V., Lima, Eraldo, Valicente, Fernando H., Elliot, Simon L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3633999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23626700
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061582

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3633999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23626700
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061582

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