Autotomy reduces immune function and antioxidant defence

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-92

  Slos, Stefanie ^a   De Block, Marjan ^a   Stoks, Robby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defence; Antipredator defence; Autotomy; Damselfly larvae; Ecological immunology

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AUTOTOMY; DAMSELFLY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; WOUNDING;

ARTICLE; AUTOTOMY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLY; IMMUNITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHALCOLESTES VIRIDIS; ZYGOPTERA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; ESCAPE REACTION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECTS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 63249136505     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0501     Document Type: Article

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