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Experimental evolution reveals trade-offs between mating and immunity
Immune system maintenance and upregulation is costly. Sexual selection intensity, which increases male investment into reproductive traits, is expected to create trade-offs with immune function. We assayed phenoloxidase (PO) and lytic activity of individuals from populations of the Indian meal moth,...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730636/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23720521 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0262 |