Within-lifetime trade-offs but evolutionary freedom for hormonal and immunological traits: Evidence from mice bred for high voluntary exercise

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1651-1661

  Downs, Cynthia J ^a,d   Schutz, Heidi ^b,e   Meek, Thomas H ^b,f   Dlugosz, Elizabeth M ^b   Acosta, Wendy ^b   De Wolski, Karen S ^c   Malisch, Jessica L ^c   Hayes, Jack P ^a   Garland, Theodore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The Claremont Colleges   (United States)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Immune function; Inflammatory response; Selection experiment; Trade off; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84861173007     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.066167     Document Type: Article

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