Search Results

Androgens and the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis: unraveling direct and indirect pathways of immunosuppression in song sparrows.

• Authors : Owen-Ashley NT; Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. ; Hasselquist D

Subjects: Immunocompetence*; Androgens/Androgens/Androgens/*metabolism ; Sparrows/Sparrows/Sparrows/*immunology

• Source: The American naturalist [Am Nat] 2004 Oct; Vol. 164 (4), pp. 490-505. Date of Electronic Publication: 2004 Sep 01.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2984688R Publication Model:

Record details

Carotenoids, immunocompetence, and the information content of sexual colors: an experimental test.

• Authors : McGraw KJ; 1. Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. ; Ardia DR

Subjects: Selection, Genetic* ; Sex Characteristics*; Carotenoids/Carotenoids/Carotenoids/*physiology

• Source: The American naturalist [Am Nat] 2003 Dec; Vol. 162 (6), pp. 704-12. Date of Electronic Publication: 2003 Oct 23.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2984688R Publication Model:

Record details

An experimental test of the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in a teleost fish: 11-ketotestosterone suppresses innate immunity in three-spined sticklebacks.

• Authors : Kurtz J; Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, August Thienemann Strasse 2, D-24306 Plon, Germany. ; Kalbe M

Subjects: Androstenes/Androstenes/Androstenes/*pharmacology ; Immunity, Innate/Immunity, Innate/Immunity, Innate/*drug effects ; Immunocompetence/Immunocompetence/Immunocompetence/*drug effects

• Source: The American naturalist [Am Nat] 2007 Oct; Vol. 170 (4), pp. 509-19. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Aug 01.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2984688R Publication Model:

Record details

Immune function in an avian brood parasite and its nonparasitic relative.

• Authors : Merrill L; Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA. ; O'Loghlen AL

Subjects: Immunocompetence* ; Reproduction*; Corticosterone/Corticosterone/Corticosterone/*blood

• Source: Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ [Physiol Biochem Zool] 2013 Jan-Feb; Vol. 86 (1), pp. 61-72. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Dec 14.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100883369 Publication Model:

Record details

Immune response, not immune maintenance, is energetically costly in wild white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus).

• Authors : Derting TL; Department of Biological Sciences, Murray State University, Murray, KY, 42071-3346, USA. ; Compton S

Subjects: Energy Metabolism/Energy Metabolism/Energy Metabolism/*physiology ; Immunocompetence/Immunocompetence/Immunocompetence/*physiology ; Peromyscus/Peromyscus/Peromyscus/*immunology

• Source: Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ [Physiol Biochem Zool] 2003 Sep-Oct; Vol. 76 (5), pp. 744-52.Publisher: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100883369 Publication Model: Print Cited

Record details

The relation among gonadal steroids, immunocompetence, body mass, and behavior in young black-...

• Authors : Ros, Albert F. H.; Groothuis, Ton G.G.

Subjects: TESTOSTERONE

• Source: American Naturalist; Aug97, Vol. 150 Issue 2, p201, 19p, 1 Diagram, 4 Graphs

Record details

What Makes a Host Profitable? Parasites Balance Host Nutritive Resources against Immunity.

• Authors : Bize, Pierre; Jeanneret, Caroline; Klopfenstein, Aurélie

Subjects: HOST-parasite relationships; NUTRITION; PARASITES

• Source: American Naturalist. Jan2008, Vol. 171 Issue 1, p107-118. 12p. 7 Graphs.

Record details

Differential Resource Allocation in Deer Mice Exposed to Sin Nombre Virus.

• Authors : Lehmer, Erin M.; Clay, Christine A.; Wilson, Eric

Subjects: PEROMYSCUS maniculatus; PEROMYSCUS; HANTAVIRUS diseases

• Source: Physiological & Biochemical Zoology; Sep/Oct2007, Vol. 80 Issue 5, p514-521, 8p, 3 Graphs

Record details

Signaling Health versus Parasites.

• Authors : Getty, Thomas

Subjects: HOST-parasite relationships; PARASITES; COEVOLUTION

• Source: American Naturalist; Apr2002, Vol. 159 Issue 4, p363, 9p

Record details

Intra- and Intersexual Trade-Offs between Testosterone and Immune System: Implications for Sexual and Sexually Antagonistic Selection.

• Authors : Schroderus, Eero (AUTHOR); Jokinen, Ilmari (AUTHOR); Koivula, Minna (AUTHOR)

• Source: American Naturalist. Oct2010, Vol. 176 Issue 4, pE90-E97. 8p. 6 Charts.

Record details