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Oxidant Trade-Offs in Immunity: An Experimental Test in a Lizard

Immune system functioning and maintenance entails costs which may limit investment into other processes such as reproduction. Yet, the proximate mechanisms and ‘currencies’ mediating the costs of immune responses remain elusive. In vertebrates, up-regulation of the innate immune system is associated...

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Autores principales: Tobler, Michael, Ballen, Cissy, Healey, Mo, Wilson, Mark, Olsson, Mats
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25938441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126155