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SUBMITTER: Slos S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2657749 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Slos Stefanie S De Block Marjan M Stoks Robby R
Biology letters 20090201 1
Costs of autotomy, an antipredator defence, are typically explained by impaired mobility; yet physiologically mediated costs may also play a role. Given the resemblance to wounding, a decreased immune function and an associated reduction in antioxidant defence is expected after autotomy. In line with this, after lamellae autotomy, larvae of the damselfly Lestes viridis showed lower levels of innate immunity (i.e. phenoloxidase, PO) and antioxidant defence (superoxide dismutase, SOD). Levels of c ...[more]