Entomology - Immune defence in bumble-bee offspring
Entomology - Immune defence in bumble-bee offspring
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DOI:
10.1038/35107138
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发表时间:
2001-11-29
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
Schmid-Hempel, P
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作者:
Moret, Y;Schmid-Hempel, P
Immune-challenged vertebrate females transfer specific antibodies to their offspring,,, but this gratuitous immunity cannot operate in invertebrates. Here we show that constitutive immune defence is enhanced in sexual offspring of the bumble-beeBombus terrestrisL. when the parental colony is immune-challenged. Our findings indicate that invertebrates may use a different component of the immune system to generate a facultative trans-generational increase in the immune response.