Litter quality and inflammatory response are dependent on mating strategy in a reptile

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-46

  Richard, Murielle ^a   Massot, Manuel ^a   Clobert, Jean ^b   Meylan, Sandrine ^a,c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Costs; Immunocompetence; Reproductive strategies; Trade off; Zootoca vivipara

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

GENETIC MARKER; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LITTER; LIZARD; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LIZARDS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PREGNANCY; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 84865594265     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2282-3     Document Type: Article

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