A tradeoff between immunocompetence and sexual ornamentation in domestic fowl

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 4478-4481

  Verhulst, S ^a   Dieleman, S J ^b   Parmentier, H K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gallus domesticus; Immunocompetence handicap hypothesis; Sexual ornaments; Sheep erythrocyte; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHICKEN; COMB; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOWL; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHICKENS; COMB AND WATTLES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHEEP; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033551241     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.8.4478     Document Type: Article

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