Sex differences in circulating antibodies in nestling Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca

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Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 799-806

  Lobato, Elisa ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Morales, Judith ^a,b   Tomás, Gustavo ^a,c   Martínez De La Puente, Josué ^a   SÁnchez, Estrella ^a   García Fraile, Sonia ^a   Moreno, Juan ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell mediated immune response; Dimorphism; Humoral response; Immune system; Passerines

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY; NESTLING; PARASITISM; PASSERINE; PROTEIN; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 52649098401     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00863.x     Document Type: Article

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