Social interactions unmask sex differences in humoral immunity in voles

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 603-610

  Klein, Sabra L ^a,b   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNITY; POLYGYNY; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; OCHROGASTER; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033105450     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.1038     Document Type: Article

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