Incubation Environment Affects Immune System Development in a Turtle with Environmental Sex Determination
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Incubation Environment Affects Immune System Development in a Turtle with Environmental Sex Determination.
The developmental environment can have lasting effects on posthatching phenotype in oviparous animals. Innate immune response is one important component of fitness in vertebrates because it provides a generalized defense against infection. In addition, because male vertebrates are at a higher risk of infection than females, males may benefit more from increased innate immunity than females. We ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Herpetology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0022-1511
DOI: 10.1670/07-133.1