Sex differences in immune defenses and response to parasitism in monarch butterflies

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 607-620

  Lindsey, Elizabeth ^a   Altizer, Sonia ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemocytes; Insect immunity; Phenoloxidase; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MELANISM; PARASITISM; PROTOZOAN; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TRADE-OFF;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; HEXAPODA; OPHRIOCYSTIS ELEKTROSCIRRHA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 70349665543     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-008-9258-0     Document Type: Article

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