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The evolution of age-specific resistance to infectious disease

Innate, infection-preventing resistance often varies between host life stages. Juveniles are more resistant than adults in some species, whereas the opposite pattern is true in others. This variation cannot always be explained by prior exposure or physiological constraints and so it has been hypothe...

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Autores principales: Buckingham, Lydia J., Bruns, Emily L., Ashby, Ben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9874267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36695037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.2000