A label of health: a previous immune challenge is reflected in the expression of a female plumage trait

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Biology Letters

• Publication date

  2008-08-23

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0131PMID 18477546PMCID PMC2610138
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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