Immune Activation Rapidly Mirrored in a Secondary Sexual Trait
SciencePublished 4 April 2003
Bruno Faivre, Arnaud Grégoire, M Préault, Frank Cézilly, Gabriele Sorci
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It is shown that experimental activation of the immune system is rapidly mirrored in the expression of a carotenoid-based model of sexual selection.
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