Costs of immunity: a nutritional perspective.
Informations
- Funding country
United Kingdom- Acronym
- -
- URL
- -
- Start date
- 4/15/2004
- End date
- 9/14/2007
- Budget
- 301,858 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Grant | Grant | - | - | - |
Organisations
| Name | Role | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster University | Lead Partner | - | - |
Abstract
A central, but rarely demonstrated, assumption underlying the evolution of disease resistance is that the maintenance and activation of the immune system is costly. However, recent studies suggest that animals can often recoup these costs by adjusting the