Gupta, Vanika ; Ali, Zeeshan S ; Prasad, Nagaraj G (2013) Sexual activity increases resistance against Pseudomonas entomophila in male Drosophila melanogaster BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13 (1). p. 185. ISSN 1471-2148
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-185
Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-185
Abstract
Maintenance and deployment cost of immunity is high, therefore, it is expected to trade-off with other high cost traits like sexual activity. Previous studies with Drosophila melanogaster show that male's ability to clear bacteria decreases with increase in sexual activity. We subjected this idea to test using two pathogens (Pseudomonas entomophila and Staphylococcus succinus) and three different populations of Drosophila melanogaster.
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