Sexual activity increases resistance against Pseudomonas entomophila in male Drosophila melanogaster

BACKGROUND: Maintenance and deployment cost of immunity is high, therefore, it is expected to trade-off with other high cost traits like sexual activity. Previous studies with Drosophila melanogaster show that male’s ability to clear bacteria decreases with increase in sexual activity. We subjected...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Vanika, Ali, Zeeshan S, Prasad, Nagaraj G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3847581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24010544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-185

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3847581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24010544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-185

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