Sex-specific effect of juvenile diet on adult disease resistance in a field cricket.
Food limitation is expected to reduce an individual's body condition (body mass scaled to body size) and cause a trade-off between growth and other fitness-related traits, such as immunity. We tested the condition-dependence of growth and disease resistance in male and female Gryllus texensis f...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013
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