Experimental evolution reveals trade-offs between mating and immunity

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  McNamara, Kathryn B ^a   Wedell, Nina ^b   Simmons, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immune function; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LYSIS; MOTH; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; TRADE-OFF;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA;

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNE FUNCTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

IMMUNE FUNCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROBACTER; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MOTHS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84880793663     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0262     Document Type: Article

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