Costs of resistance: Genetic correlations and potential trade-offs in an insect immune System

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 421-429

  Cotter, S C ^a,c   Kruuk, L E B ^b   Wilson, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Density dependent prophylaxis; Heritability; Innate immunity; Maternal effects; Spodoptera littoralis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LYSOZYME; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MATERNAL EFFECT; NATURAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; POPULATION DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; LARVA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGEVITY; MELANINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MURAMIDASE; POPULATION DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPODOPTERA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ALABAMA ARGILLACEA; ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INSECTA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 1542288879     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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