Fitness trade-offs mediated by immunosuppression costs in a small mammal

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 166-179

  Mills, Suzanne C ^a,b   Grapputo, Alessandro ^a,c   Jokinen, Ilmari ^a   Koskela, Esa ^a   Mappes, Tapio ^a   Poikonen, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dominance; Evolutionary constraint; Parasites; Reproductive costs; Sexual selection; Survival

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

DOMINANCE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; PARASITE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL; TESTOSTERONE; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE;

EID: 73949127241     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00820.x     Document Type: Article

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