Costs of immune responses are related to host body size and lifespan

A central assumption in ecological immunology is that immune responses are costly, with costs manifesting directly (e.g., increases in metabolic rate and increased amino acid usage) or as tradeoffs with other life processes (e.g., reduced growth and reproductive success). Across taxa, host longevity...

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Pubblicato in:J Exp Zool A Ecol Integr Physiol
Autori principali: Brace, Amber J., Lajeunesse, Marc J., Ardia, Daniel R., Hawley, Dana M., Adelman, James S., Buchanan, Katherine L., Fair, Jeanne M., Grindstaff, Jennifer L., Matson, Kevin D., Martin, Lynn B.
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: 2017
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5786166/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29356459
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.2084
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