Bateman's principle and immunity in a sex-role reversed pipefish

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1410-1420

  Roth, O ^a   Scharsack, J P ^b   Keller, I ^a   Reusch, T B H ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bateman's principle; Immune defence; Immunocompetence; Pipefish; Sex; Sex role reversal; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; FITNESS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PATHOGEN; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TELEOST;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MONOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RESPIRATORY BURST; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA; VIBRIO; VIBRIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MONOCYTES; REPRODUCTION; RESPIRATORY BURST; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMEGMAMORPHA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; SYNGNATHUS TYPHLE; VIBRIO;

EID: 79959332692     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02273.x     Document Type: Article

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