The evolutionary costs of immunological maintenance and deployment
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The evolution of disease resistance and immune function may be limited if increased immunocompetence comes at the expense of other fitness-determining traits. Both the maintenance of an immune system and the deployment of an immune r...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-03-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/76 |