Juvenile immune status affects the expression of a sexually selected trait in field crickets

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1060-1068

  Jacot, A ^a,c   Scheuber, H ^a   Kurtz, J ^b   Brinkhof, M W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Gryllus campestris; Harp; Immune challenge; LPS; Melanization; Parasite mediated sexual selection; Structural size

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MELANIN;

IMMUNITY; PARASITE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GRYLLIDAE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MELANINS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 22144481331     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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