Developmental plasticity of immune defence in two life-history ecotypes of the garter snake, Thamnophis elegans - a common-environment experiment

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 431-437

  Palacios, Maria G ^a   Sparkman, Amanda M ^a   Bronikowski, Anne M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common garden; Ecoimmunology; Immunocompetence; Life history; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOTYPE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MEADOW; NATIVE SPECIES; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SNAKE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; SNAKE; UNITED STATES;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CALIFORNIA; COLUBRIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; IMMUNITY, INNATE;

SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS ELEGANS;

EID: 79551607801     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01785.x     Document Type: Article

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