Sex-specific variability in the immune system across life-history stages

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Love, Oliver P ^a   Salvante, Katrina G ^a,b   Dale, James ^a,c   Williams, Tony D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell mediated immunity; Individual variation; Life history theory; Repeatability; Sex specific differences; Zebra finch (taeniopygia guttata)

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BROOD REARING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINCH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINCHES; INFLAMMATION; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 51549109715     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589521     Document Type: Article

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