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The effect of captivity on the immune response of the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus L.
Author(s) -
Miller N. W.,
Tripp M. R.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1982.tb04711.x
Subject(s) - fundulus , biology , killifish , captivity , immune system , rosette (schizont appearance) , population , antigen , immunology , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , endocrinology , fishery , demography , sociology
Fundulus heteroclitus maintained under laboratory for more than four weeks showed a significantly lower immunocytoadherence (rosette) response to thymus‐dependent antigens (SRBC and DNP‐BSA) than newly captured fish. There was no comparable effect on scale allograft rejection nor in the response to a thymus‐independent antigen (DNP‐Ficoll) as measured by the rosette response. This suggests that captivity has a differential effect on a sub‐population of lymphocytes analogous to the T‐helper cells of mammals.