No evidence for an evolutionary trade-off between learning and immunity in a social insect

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-57

  Alghamdi, A ^a   Raine, N E ^b   Rosato, E ^a   Mallon, E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crosstalk; Learning speed; Psychoneuroimmunology; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BEE; FITNESS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEARNING; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS DALMATINUS; BUMBLEBEE; EVOLUTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INSECT SOCIETY; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BEE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; BEES; EVOLUTION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 63249110552     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0514     Document Type: Article

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