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Volume and antimicrobial activity of secretions of the uropygial gland are correlated with malaria infection in house sparrows

BACKGROUND: Animals have developed a wide range of defensive mechanisms against parasites to reduce the likelihood of infection and its negative fitness costs. The uropygial gland is an exocrine gland that produces antimicrobial and antifungal secretions with properties used as a defensive barrier o...

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Pubblicato in:Parasit Vectors
Autori principali: Magallanes, Sergio, Møller, Anders Pape, García-Longoria, Luz, de Lope, Florentino, Marzal, Alfonso
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2016
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4845389/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27114098
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1512-7
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