Ecoimmunity in Darwin's finches: Invasive parasites trigger acquired immunity in the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Huber, Sarah K ^a   Owen, Jeb P ^b   Koop, Jennifer A H ^a   King, Marisa O ^b   Grant, Peter R ^c   Grant, B Rosemary ^c   Clayton, Dale H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FINCH; FLY; GEOSPIZA FORTIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PHILORNIS DOWNSI; POXVIRUS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ECOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; GEOSPIZA FORTIS; PHILORNIS; POXVIRIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ECOLOGY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; POXVIRIDAE; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 77649132380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008605     Document Type: Article

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