Immune challenge affects sexual colorati
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Pilar López; Marianne Gabirot; José Martín
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Article
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2009
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Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
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English
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## Abstract Sexual signals can be evolutionarily stable if they are honest and condition dependent or costly to the signaler. One possible cost is the existence of a trade‐off between maintaining the immune system and the elaboration of ornaments. We experimentally challenged the immune system of m