Do "infectious" prey select for high levels of natural antibodies in tropical pythons?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-279

  Madsen, Thomas ^a,b   Ujvari, Beata ^a   Nandakumar, Kutty Selva ^b   Hasselquist, Dennis ^b   Holmdahl, Rikard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Humoral immune response; Natural antibodies; Pathogen transmission; Snake

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LIASIS FUSCUS; PYTHONIDAE; RODENTIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847322062     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-9004-4     Document Type: Article

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