Autotomy reduces immune function and antioxidant defence
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Autotomy reduces immune function and antioxidant defence.
Costs of autotomy, an antipredator defence, are typically explained by impaired mobility; yet physiologically mediated costs may also play a role. Given the resemblance to wounding, a decreased immune function and an associated reduction in antioxidant defence is expected after autotomy. In line with this, after lamellae autotomy, larvae of the damselfly Lestes viridis showed lower levels of in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biology Letters
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1744-9561,1744-957X
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0501