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Immune Response Varies with Rate of Dispersal in Invasive Cane Toads (Rhinella marina)

What level of immunocompetence should an animal maintain while undertaking long-distance dispersal? Immune function (surveillance and response) might be down-regulated during prolonged physical exertion due to energy depletion, and/or to avoid autoimmune reactions arising from damaged tissue. On the...

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Autores principales: Brown, Gregory P., Shine, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4061023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24936876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099734