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The physiological cost of male-biased parasitism in a nearly monomorphic mammal

BACKGROUND: Even though male-biased parasitism is common in mammals, little effort has been made to evaluate whether higher parasitic burden in males results in an extra biological cost, and thus a decrease in fitness. Body condition impairment and the augmentation of oxidative stress can be used as...

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Autores principales: Oliver-Guimerá, Arturo, Martínez-Carrasco, Carlos, Tvarijonaviciute, Asta, Ruiz de Ybáñez, María Rocío, Martínez-Guijosa, Jordi, López-Olvera, Jorge Ramón, Fernández-Aguilar, Xavier, Colom-Cadena, Andreu, Mentaberre, Gregorio, Velarde, Roser, Gassó, Diana, Garel, Mathieu, Rossi, Luca, Lavín, Santiago, Serrano, Emmanuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5399856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28431550
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2060-5