Two's a crowd: phenotypic adjustments and prophylaxis in Anticarsia gemmatalis larvae are triggered by the presence of conspecifics.

Defence from parasites and pathogens involves a cost. Thus, it is expected that organisms use this only at high population densities, where the risk of pathogen transmission may be high, as proposed by the "density-dependent prophylaxis" (DDP) hypothesis. These predictions have been tested...

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Autores principales: Farley W S Silva, Daniel L Viol, Sirlene V Faria, Eraldo Lima, Fernando H Valicente, Simon L Elliot
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/5d0caeec223a4819b97ada906e07f991
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