Inbred decorated crickets exhibit higher measures of macroparasitic immunity than outbred individuals

Heredity

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-289

  Gershman, S N ^a   Barnett, C A ^a   Pettinger, A M ^a   Weddle, C B ^a   Hunt, J ^b   Sakaluk, S K ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crickets; genetic correlations; heritability; immunity; inbreeding depression; sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

CRICKET; ENCAPSULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FITNESS; HERITABILITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNITY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRYLLIDAE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INBREEDING; MALE; METABOLISM; OUTBRED STRAIN; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; IMMUNITY; INBREEDING; MALE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MURAMIDASE; PHENOTYPE;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLODES SIGILLATUS;

EID: 77955920985     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.1     Document Type: Article

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