Immune function varies with reproductive stage and context in female and male tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-156

  French, Susannah S ^a   Moore, Michael C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunity; Reproduction; Sex steroids; Vitellogenesis; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITELLOGENESIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 36248980984     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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