Evolutionary BiologyPLoS PathogensPeer-reviewed
Mapping the functional form of the trade-off between infection resistance and reproductive fitness under dysregulated immune signaling
Justin T. Critchlow, Arun Prakash, Katherine Y. Zhong, Ann Thomas Tate
This study quantifies the trade-off between immune investment and host fitness by manipulating cactus knock-down in flour beetles, revealing dose-dependent benefits and costs to infection resistance and other fitness traits.
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