Food supplements modulate changes in leucocyte numbers in breeding male ground squirrels
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Food supplements modulate changes in leucocyte numbers in breeding male ground squirrels.
Immunosuppression may be an important cost of reproduction in breeding males. It can result from elevated levels of testosterone or stress hormones and may serve to lower the energetic cost of maintaining immune function at a time of high demand. This suggests that greater access to energy resources could reduce immunosuppression as a cost of reproduction, minimizing the trade-off between energ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00467