The immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in two sexually dimorphic pinniped species - Is there a sex difference in immunity during early development?

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 629-637

  Hall, Ailsa J ^a   Engelhard, Georg H ^b,c   Brasseur, Sophie M J M ^b   Vecchione, Anna ^a   Burton, Harry R ^d   Reijnders, Peter J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Grey seals; Immunocompetence; Southern elephant seals

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELEPHANT; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0037409522     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(03)00029-6     Document Type: Article

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