An experimental demonstration of direct behavioural interference in two Mediterranean lacertid lizard species

Effect of testosterone on T cell-mediate

Effect of testosterone on T cell-mediated immunity in two species of mediterranean lacertid lizards

✍ Belliure, Josabel ;Smith, Linda ;Sorci, Gabriele 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 87 KB

## Abstract One of the primary assumptions of the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis is that testosterone has an immunosuppressive effect, but conflicting results have been reported in a variety of bird species concerning the effect of testosterone on the humoral and the T cell‐mediated component