Sex-related effects of an immune challenge on growth and begging behavior of barn swallow nestlings.

Sex-related effects of an immune challenge on growth and begging behavior of barn swallow nestlings.

Parent-offspring conflicts lead the offspring to evolve reliable signals of individual quality, including parasite burden, which may allow parents to adaptively modulate investment in the progeny. Sex-related variation in offspring reproductive value, however, may entail differential investment in s...

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Main Authors: Andrea Romano, Diego Rubolini, Manuela Caprioli, Giuseppe Boncoraglio, Roberto Ambrosini, Nicola Saino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3144944?pdf=render

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