Do pheromones reveal male immunocompetence?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1501, 2002, Pages 1681-1685

  Rantala, Markus J ^a   Jokinen, Ilmari ^a   Kortet, Raine ^a   Vainikka, Anssi ^a   Suhonen, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Immunocompetence; Pheromones; Sexual selection; Tenebrio molitor

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHEROMONE; SEX PHEROMONE;

IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PHEROMONE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; ENCAPSULATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMOLYMPH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; TENEBRIO; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DECISION MAKING; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ARACHNIDA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TENEBRIO; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037158464     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2056     Document Type: Article

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