The stimulation of immune defence accelerates development in the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1703-1710

  Roth, O ^a,b   Kurtz, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Immune defence; Insect; Life history; Maturation; Phenotypic plasticity; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BEETLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MATURATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BODY SIZE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TIME; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BODY SIZE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 54049138935     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01584.x     Document Type: Article

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