Condition-dependent ecdysis and immunocompetence in the amphipod crustacean,Gammarus pulex

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 788-791

  Moret, Yannick ^a   Rigaud, Thierry ^a   Motreui, Sébastien ^a   Troussard, Jean Phillipe ^a   Moreau, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Condition dependent ecdysis; Innate immunity; Invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AMPHIPOD; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOLT; PATHOGEN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RISK FACTOR; SKELETON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS PULEX; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649864988     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0234     Document Type: Article

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