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Why are behavioral and immune traits linked?

Hormones and behavior - 1 Feb 2017

Lopes Patricia C

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Through behavior, animals interact with a world where parasites abound. It is easy to understand how behavioral traits can thus have a differential effect on pathogen exposure. Harder to understand is why we observe behavioral traits to be linked to immune defense traits. Is variation in immune traits a consequence of behavior-induced variation in immunological experiences? Or is variation in behavioral traits a...

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PMID: 27667337
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.09.008

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