Effects of variation in maternal carotenoid intake during gestation on offspring innate immune response in a matrotrophic viviparous reptile

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1318-1326

  Itonaga, Keisuke ^a   Jones, Susan M ^a   Wapstra, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

carotene; Maternal effects; Matrotrophy; Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CAROTENOID; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE BEHAVIOR; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREGNANCY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; VIVIPARITY;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PSEUDEMOIA ENTRECASTEAUXII; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 80855138127     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01882.x     Document Type: Article

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