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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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Main Authors: Rolff, Jens, Siva-Jothy, Michael T.
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: The National Academy of Sciences 2002
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Online dostop: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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