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Copulation corrupts immunity: A mechanism for a cost of mating in insects
There are well documented costs of mating in insects but little evidence for underlying mechanisms. Here, we provide experimental evidence for a hormone-based mechanism that reduces immunity as a result of mating. We examined the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor and show that (i) mating reduces a ma...
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The National Academy of Sciences
2002
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| Acesso em linha: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC126599/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12097648 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.152271999 |
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