Activation of an inflammatory response is context-dependent during early development of the California sea lion

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Vera Massieu, Camila ^a   Brock, Patrick M ^b   Godínez Reyes, Carlos ^c   Acevedo Whitehouse, Karina ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Mexico   (Mexico)

^d THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecoimmunology; Immune ontogeny; Inflammation; Phytohaemaglutinin; Trade off

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958078288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150108     Document Type: Article

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