Mapping the functional form of the trade-off between infection resistance and reproductive fitness under dysregulated immune signaling
J. T. Critchlow, A. Prakash, K. Y. Zhong, A. T. Tate
This study quantifies the trade-off between immune investment and host fitness by manipulating cactus knock-down in flour beetles, revealing dose-dependent benefits and costs to infection resistance and other fitness traits.
bioRxiv · Aug 10, 2023Evolutionary Biology