Age-dependent induction of immunity and subsequent survival costs in males and females of a temperate damselfly

BMC Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Robb, Tonia ^a   Forbesdagger, Mark R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENALLAGMA BOREALE; ZYGOPTERA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEMOCYTES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECTS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33751190313     PISSN: 14726785     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-6-15     Document Type: Article

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