No evidence for a trade-off between reproductive investment and immunity in a rodent

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Xu, Yan Chao ^a,b   Yang, Deng Bao ^a,b   Wang, De Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; LEPTIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; HEMOCYANIN; KEYHOLE-LIMPET HEMOCYANIN;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BRANDT VOLES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INNATE IMMUNITY; LACTATION; LITTER MASS; LITTER SIZE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN MASS; REPRODUCTION; RESTING METABOLIC RATE; RODENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; LASIOPODOMYS BRANDTII; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84861402621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037182     Document Type: Article

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