Life history trade-offs in ectotherms impart a pseudo-hormetic response, not hormesis.
Malcolm L. McCallum, Michelle Mary, Stanley E. Trauth
The paper shows that ectotherms exhibit increased growth under immunological stress due to higher food intake, not improved physiological efficiency, suggesting a pseudo-hormetic response.
bioRxiv · Jun 4, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology