Cargando…

Effects of immune challenge on expression of life-history and immune trait expression in sexually reproducing metazoans—a meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Life-history theory predicts a trade-off between investment into immune defence and other fitness-related traits. Accordingly, individuals are expected to upregulate their immune response when subjected to immune challenge. However, this is predicted to come at the expense of investment...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Nystrand, M., Dowling, D. K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7541220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33028304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-00856-7