Gut physiology mediates a trade‐off between adaptation to malnutrition and susceptibility to food‐borne pathogens
The animal gut plays a central role in tackling two common ecological challenges, nutrient shortage and food‐borne parasites, the former by efficient digestion and nutrient absorption, the latter by acting as an immune organ and a barrier. It remains unknown whether these functions can be independen...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Ecology letters 2015-10, Vol.18 (10), p.1078-1086 |
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