Maternal antibody transfer can lead to suppression of humoral immunity in developing zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 740-751

  Merrill, Loren ^a   Grindstaff, Jennifer L ^a,b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FITNESS; HORMONE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; PASSERINE; PLASMA; POLYSACCHARIDE; TAXONOMY;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANTIBODY; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN Y; KEYHOLE-LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84907276457     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: 15375293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677218     Document Type: Article

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