10.25380/iastate.12290585.v1
Jessica Judson
Jessica
Judson
Dawn M. Reding
Dawn M.
Reding
Anne M. Bronikowski
Anne M.
Bronikowski
Immunosenescence and its influence on reproduction in a long-lived vertebrate, the painted turtle
Iowa State University
2020
painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Immunosenescence
Immune function
reptile
reproduction
Animal Immunology
Animal Physiological Ecology
Life Histories
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Dataset
https://iastate.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Immunosenescence_and_its_influence_on_reproduction_in_a_long-lived_vertebrate_the_painted_turtle/12290585
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<p>These data include information on male, female, and juvenile painted turtles (Chrysemys
picta) captured from Thomsom Causeway Recreation Area in Thomson, Illinois, USA in 2011. These turtles are
part of a long-term mark-recapture study, and as such have information on age at first capture. These known
ages, combined with ages estimated from growth models created from turtles in this population, were used to
assess patterns of immunosenescence in three innate immune measures: agglutination ability, lysis ability, and
bactericidal competence of plasma. We additionally tested the influence of sex, day captured, and clutch size
on these immune measures. Clutch size information was collected for female painted turtles for which we had
excavated nests and counted the number of eggs laid.<br></p><p><br></p><p>These files include the dataset and a codebook to interpret columns in the dataset, a sas file with code for the statistical analyses performed, and a README file. <br></p><p><br></p><p>Data reported here are data associated with the following publication:</p><p>Judson, J.M., Reding, D.M., and Bronikowski, A.M. <i>Accepted</i>. Immunosenescence and its influence on reproduction in a long-lived vertebrate. <b>Journal of Experimental Biology. </b>https://www.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.223057<br></p><p>
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