Immune challenge affects sexual coloration of male iberian wall lizards

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 311, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 96-104

  López, Pilar ^a   Gabirot, Marianne ^a   Martín, José ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; IMMUNOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; LINEAR MODELS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIZARDS; MALE; PIGMENTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PODARCIS; PODARCIS HISPANICA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 60049085366     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.505     Document Type: Article

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