Immune priming and pathogen resistance in ant queens
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Immune priming and pathogen resistance in ant queens
Growing empirical evidence indicates that invertebrates become more resistant to a pathogen following initial exposure to a nonlethal dose; yet the generality, mechanisms, and adaptive value of such immune priming are still under debate. Because life-history theory predicts that immune priming and large investment in immunity should be more frequent in long-lived species, we here tested for imm...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecology and Evolution
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2045-7758,2045-7758
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1070