Adult female crickets, Gryllus texensis, maintain reproductive output after repeated immune challenges

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-120

  Shoemaker, Kelly L ^a,b   Adamo, Shelley A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost of immunity; Life history; LPS; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; EGG PRODUCTION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FITNESS; HATCHING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS TEXENSIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 34247893822     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2006.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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