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Morphological and hormonal indicators of biological quality in relation to immune system efficiency

2012/07/B/NZ8/02666

Keywords:

biological quality fluctuating asymmetry sexual dimorphism innate immunity adaptive immunity,

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_4: Biodiversity
  • NZ6_1: Adaptive and innate immunity
  • NZ8_1: Evolutionary biology

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Nauk Biologicznych

woj. dolnośląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Bogusław Pawłowski 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: OPUS 4 - announced on 2012-09-15

Amount awarded: 820 360 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2013-07-08

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2017-07-07

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Zamrażarka głębokiego mrożenia (-86°C) (70 000 PLN)
  2. Komora laminarna typu FlowFAST V z pionowym przepływem powietrza. (50 000 PLN)
  3. Lodówko-zamrażarka (5 000 PLN)
  4. Notebook (3 500 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. Body height and immune efficacy: testing body stature as a signal of biological quality.
    Authors:
    Pawłowski B, Nowak J, Borkowska B, Augustyniak D, Drulis-Kawa Z.
    Academic press:
    Proc. R. Soc. B (rok: 2017, tom: 284, strony: 45300), Wydawca: The Royal Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1098/rspb.2017.1372. - link to the publication
  2. Human body symmetry and immune efficacy in healthy adults
    Authors:
    Pawłowski B, Borkowska B, Nowak J, Augustyniak D, Drulis-Kawa Z.
    Academic press:
    American Journal of Physical Anthropology (rok: 2018, tom: 167, strony: 207-216), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/ajpa.23617 - link to the publication
  3. No evidence for immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in human males
    Authors:
    Nowak J., Pawłowski B., Borkowska B., Augustyniak D., Drulis-Kawa Z.
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2018, tom: 8 (1), strony: 7392), Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-018-25694-0 - link to the publication