Bacterial sepsis triggers stronger transcriptomic immune responses in larger primates
R. McMinds, R. H. Jiang, S. R. Adapa, E. Cornelius Ruhs, R. A. Munds, J. W. Leiding, C. Downs, L. B. Martin
This study finds that larger primates exhibit stronger transcriptomic immune responses to bacterial sepsis, supporting the Safety Factor hypothesis over the Metabolic Theory of Ecology.
bioRxiv · Jul 11, 2023Evolutionary Biology