Schedule and magnitude of reproductive investment under immune trade-offs explains sex differences in immunity
Females and males tend to emphasize different defenses against pathogens: pathogen detection and pathogen killing, respectively. Here, Metcalf and Graham show that these alternate strategies can be explained by immune trade-offs only because the sexes differ in reproductive life history.
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Autores principales: | C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Andrea L. Graham |
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Lenguaje: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/1b19b171f07e4bf69d57e0122d677061 |
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