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Schedule and magnitude of reproductive investment under immune trade-offs explains sex differences in immunity

Sex differences in immunity are found in many species. Known immune mechanisms in birds and mammals suggest that pathogen detection may be amplified in females, whereas in males, pathogen killing is amplified. We show that these immunological profiles emerge as distinct peaks on a fitness landscape...

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Autores principales: Metcalf, C. Jessica E., Graham, Andrea L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6197210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30348963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06793-y