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SUBMITTER: Eikenaar C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4843231 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eikenaar Cas C Hegemann Arne A
Biology letters 20160301 3
Animals need a well-functioning immune system to protect themselves against pathogens. The immune system, however, is costly and resource trade-offs with other demands exist. For migratory animals several (not mutually exclusive) hypotheses exist. First, migrants reduce immune function to be able to allocate resources to migration. Second, migrants boost immune function to cope with more and/or novel pathogens encountered during migration. Third, migrants reallocate resources within the immune s ...[more]