Sexual signaling and immune function in the black field cricket Teleogryllus commodus.

The immunocompetence handicap hypothesis predicts that male sexual trait expression should be positively correlated with immunocompetence. Here we investigate if immune function in the cricket, Teleogryllus commodus, is related to specific individual components of male sexual signals, as well as to...

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Main Authors: Jean M Drayton, Matthew D Hall, John Hunt, Michael D Jennions
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3392257?pdf=render