Immune responsiveness to phytohemagglutinin displays species but not sex differences in three anuran species

Phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-induced skin swelling response is widely used as a rough surrogate of integrative cell-mediated and innate immunity across multiple vertebrate taxa due to its simplification and feasibility. However, little is known whether there are sex and interspecific differences of immu...

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Main Authors: Zhiqiang Zhang, Chenchen Jin, Kangshan Qu, Enrique Caviedes-Vidal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-05-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Sex
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3181.pdf