Secondary sex traits, parasites, immunity and ejaculate quality in the Arctic charr

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1431, 1999, Pages 1893-1898

  Liljedal, Ståle ^a   Folstad, Ivar ^a   Skarstein, Frode ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic charr; Granulocytes; Immunosuppression; Parasite resistance; Secondary sex traits; Sperm

Indexed keywords

IMMUNITY; PARASITISM; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPERM;

ARTICLE; FISH; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPERM;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 0033595489     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0863     Document Type: Article

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