Infection and inflammation in somatic maintenance, growth and longevity
All organisms must display a certain degree of environmental adaptability to survive and reproduce. Growth and reproduction are metabolically expensive and carry other costs that contribute to aging. Therefore, animals have developed physiologic strategies to assess the harshness of the environment...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2009
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3352410/ |