Infection before pregnancy affects immunity and response to social challenge in the next generation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1583, 2011, Pages 3364-3374

  Curno, Olivia ^a   Reader, Tom ^a   McElligott, Alan G ^b   Behnke, Jerzy M ^a   Barnard, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominance; Hormones; Immunocompetence; Maternal effects; Testosterone; Trade off

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FITNESS; HORMONE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; NATURAL SELECTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PATHOGEN; PREGNANCY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RODENT; SOCIAL HOUSING; TESTOSTERONE; TRADE-OFF; WEIGHT;

BABESIA MICROTI; MUS;

EID: 80055094828     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0110     Document Type: Article

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