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Chronic immune challenge is detrimental to female survival, feeding behavior, and reproduction in the field cricket Gryllus assimilis (Fabricius, 1775).
Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology - 1 Jul 2022
Limberger Guilherme Martins, Esteves Kathellen Pintado, Halal Lamia Marques, Nery Luiz Eduardo Maia, da Fonseca Duane Barros
Abstract excerpt
Physiological trade-offs among expensive fitness-related traits, such as reproduction and immunity, are common in life histories of animals. An immune challenge can have different effects on female reproduction mediated by resource allocation and acquisition. In this study, employing a widely used method to challenge the insect immune system (nylon implant), we assessed the effects of mounting a chronic immune...
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