Article
Food makes you a target: disentangling genetic, physiological, and behavioral effects determining susceptibility to infection.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 May 2011
Seppälä Otto, Karvonen Anssi, Haataja Maarit, Kuosa Marja, Jokela Jukka
Abstract excerpt
Genetics, physiology, and behavior are all expected to influence the susceptibility of hosts to parasites. Furthermore, interactions between genetic and other factors are suggested to contribute to the maintenance of genetic polymorphism in resistance when the relative susceptibility of host genotypes is context dependent. We used a maternal sibship design and long- and short-term food deprivation treatments to...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.