Feeding Immunity: Physiological and Behavioral Responses to Infection and Resource Limitation

Feeding Immunity: Physiological and Behavioral Responses to Infection and Resource Limitation

Resources are a core currency of species interactions and ecology in general (e.g., think of food webs or competition). Within parasite-infected hosts, resources are divided among the competing demands of host immunity and growth as well as parasite reproduction and growth. Effects of resources on i...

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Main Authors: Sarah A. Budischak, Christina B. Hansen, Quentin Caudron, Romain Garnier, Tyler R. Kartzinel, István Pelczer, Clayton E. Cressler, Anieke van Leeuwen, Andrea L. Graham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
Trichuris muris
resource–immune trade-offs
compensatory feeding
DNA metabarcoding
nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy metabolite profiling
rewilding mice
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01914/full

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