While this is not a study on chameleons, it’s food for thought….maybe it’s something worth thinking about.
“Our results suggest that (contrary to our a priori hypotheses), such manipulations do not affect immune-system function in hatchlings; but do affect hatchling body sizes, which in turn are strongly linked to immune-function parameters”...
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.780456/full
“Our results suggest that (contrary to our a priori hypotheses), such manipulations do not affect immune-system function in hatchlings; but do affect hatchling body sizes, which in turn are strongly linked to immune-function parameters”...
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.780456/full