Correlated evolution between host immunity and parasite life histories in primates and oxyurid parasites

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1532, 2003, Pages 2481-2484

  Sorci, Gabriele ^a   Skarstein, Frode ^b   Morand, Serge ^c   Hugot, Jean Pierre ^d  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^d Sorbonne Universités   (France)

Author keywords

Age at maturity; Body size; Eosinophils; Immune defences; Pinworms

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY; MATURATION; NEMATODE; PRIMATE;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COEVOLUTION; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; EOSINOPHIL; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY; LYMPHOCYTE; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; NEMATODA; OXYURIDA; OXYURIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0345059748     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2536     Document Type: Article

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