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Bacterial immunity traded for sperm viability in male crickets.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 23 Sept 2005

Simmons Leigh W, Roberts Benjamin

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The notion that a trade-off exists between immunity and reproduction is now a central concept in theories of sexual selection. However, whether such a trade-off exists between immunity and gamete viability has not been established. Here we show that genetic variance for high levels of an immune response required to fight bacterial infections is associated with genetic variance for low sperm viability. These data...

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PMID: 16179472
DOI: 10.1126/science.1114500

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