Stage-specific sex differences in Drosophila immunity to parasites and pathogens

Journal article

Arguments from life-history theory predict that other things being equal females are likely to invest more in defence against parasites and pathogens than males. This is either because males and females differ in behaviour or, more importantly, because the variance in mating success is typically higher in males than in females. Such effects are likely to be most pronounced in those developmental stages where sex differences are greatest. In most organisms, but especially in holometabolous ins...

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Authors: Kraaijeveld, A; Barker, C; Godfray, C

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 217-228
• Publication date: 2008-03-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s10682-007-9171-y
• EISSN: 1573-8477
• ISSN: 0269-7653
• Language: English
• Keywords: parasitoid; sex differences; Immunity; pathogen; parasite; Drosophila