A mechanistic link between parasite resistance and expression of a sexually selected trait in a damselfly

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1461, 2000, Pages 2523-2527

  Siva Jothy, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damselfly; Eugregarine; Melanin; Parasite mediated sexual selection; Phenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

BODY CONDITION; DAMSELFLY; ORNAMENTATION; PARASITE RESISTANCE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; EFFECTOR CELL; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOROZOITE; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALIA; CALOPTERYGIDAE; CALOPTERYX SPLENDENS; INSECTA; ODONATA; PROTOZOA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0034704048     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1315     Document Type: Article

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