Male ornament size in a passerine predicts the inhibitory effect of testosterone on macrophage phagocytosis

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1278-1283

  Gil, Diego ^a   Culver, Renée ^a,b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b Product Research and Development at NextEra Analytics   (United States)

Author keywords

Handicap; Immunocompetence; Immunosuppression; Ornament; Phagocytosis; Sexual selection; Spotless starling; Sturnus unicolor; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNOASSAY; INHIBITOR; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TESTOSTERONE; WILD POPULATION;

PASSERIFORMES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 80855143635     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01878.x     Document Type: Article

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