Examining costs of induced and constitutive immune investment in Tenebrio molitor

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1038-1044

  Armitage, Sophie A O ^a   Thompson, J J W ^a   Rolff, J ^a   Siva Jothy, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs of immunity; Encapsulation; Innate immunity; Longevity; Phenoloxidase; Prophylactic immunity; Tenebrio molitor

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

COST; FITNESS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LONGEVITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGEVITY; MALE; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TENEBRIO;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MELANINS; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TENEBRIO;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0041739166     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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