Intra-and intersexual trade-offs between testosterone and immune system: Implications for sexual and sexually antagonistic selection

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Schroderus, Eero ^a   Jokinen, Ilmari ^a   Koivula, Minna ^b   Koskela, Esa ^a   Mappes, Tapio ^a   Mills, Suzanne C ^c   Oksanen, Tuula A ^a   Poikonen, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Animal model; Genetic correlation; Handicap; Immunocompetence; Myodes glareolus; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; RUMINANT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; TESTOSTERONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77957580812     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656264     Document Type: Article

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