Repeatability of cell-mediated and innate immunity, and other fitness-related traits, in the Grey Partridge

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-79

  Cucco, Marco ^a   Malacarne, Giorgio ^a   Ottonelli, Roberta ^a   Patrone, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYMES; GROWTH KINETICS;

CAROTENOIDS; HERITABILITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYSOZYME;

IMMUNOLOGY;

BIRD; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; EGG; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNITY; PARASITE RESISTANCE; SIBLING;

AVES; PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 33645994853     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-179     Document Type: Article

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