Basal superoxide as a sexspecific immune constraint

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 906-908

  Tobler, Michael ^a,b   Healey, Mo ^a,b   Wilson, Mark ^b   Olsson, Mats ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ctenophorus pictus; Immunity; Phytohaemagglutinin; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

ANTIOXIDANT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIZARD; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIZARDS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 82455192861     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0350     Document Type: Article

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