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The evolution of juvenile susceptibility to infectious disease
Infection prior to reproduction usually carries greater fitness costs for hosts than infection later in life, suggesting selection should tend to favour juvenile resistance. Yet, juveniles are generally more susceptible than adults across a wide spectrum of host taxa. While physiological constraints...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6030539/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29925619 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0844 |