Sökning: "immune ecology"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 36 avhandlingar innehållade orden immune ecology.
1. Trade-offs between life history traits and immune defence in the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the effects of reproductive effort on immune function and parasite resistance in breeding collared flycatchers, Ficedula albicollis. It also focuses on the role of the immune function in the trade-off between number and fitness of offspring. LÄS MER
2. Ecology and evolution in a host-parasitoid system : Host search, immune responses and parasitoid virulence
Sammanfattning : In host-parasitoid systems, there is a continuous coevolutionary arms race where each species imposes a strong selection pressure on the other. The host needs to develop defence strategies in order to escape parasitism and the parasitoid must evolve counter-defence strategies in order to overcome the host’s immune defence and successfully reproduce. LÄS MER
3. Development and maintenance of quality indicators in pheasants
Sammanfattning : Females often base their choice of mates on the expression, size or intensity, of male sexual ornaments. Indicator models of sexual selection assume that females assess male genetic quality through the expression of these secondary sexual characters. LÄS MER
4. Pathogen-mediated selection in the immune system of rodents : Exploring selection targets, functional effects and trade-offs
Sammanfattning : Pathogens cause disease and play an important role in shaping evolution of the host immune system. They create pressure on host immunity to evolve in numerous ways, most commonly by increasing divergence between species (positive selection) or increasing polymorphisms within a population (balancing selection). LÄS MER
5. Immunotoxicology in Marine Invertebrates - Effects of Manganese on Immune Response
Sammanfattning : Manganese, Mn, is an abundant element in nature, particularly in soft bottom sediments of the oceans and in bedrock. The metal is predominantly bound to the sediment in the colloid state, MnO2. LÄS MER