Innate Immunity Is Not Related to the Sex of Adult Tree Swallows during the Nestling Period
Abstract Evolutionary theory predicts that exposure to more diverse pathogens will result in the evolution of a more robust immune response. We predicted that during the breeding season the innate immune function of female Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) should be more effective than that of mal...
| Veröffentlicht in: | The Condor. - Cooper Ornithological Society. - 113(2011), 4, Seite 853-859 |
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2011
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | The Condor |
| Schlagworte: | ecoimmunology immune function microbicidal assay Tree Swallow Biological sciences Behavioral sciences |