Digest: Life history evolution in Darwin's dream ponds* |
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| Authors: | Foteini Spagopoulou Mozes PK Blom |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Ecology and Genetics, Animal Ecology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;2. Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Department of Bioinformatic and Genetics, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Can variation in sex‐specific parental investment lead to sexual dimorphism in immune response? Keller et al. (2018) measured immune cell parameters, expression of candidate genes, and composition of buccal microbiota in mouthbrooding cichlid species from Lake Tanganyika that show either maternal or biparental care. They found that maternal mouthbrooding species have increased sexual dimorphism in immune parameters, while biparental mouthbrooders exhibit an upregulated adaptive immune response, suggesting resource allocation shifts between parental investment and the immune system. |
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