Dietary-dependent trans-generational immune priming in an insect herbivore

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1667, 2009, Pages 2617-2624

  Freitak, Dalial ^a   Heckel, David G ^a   Vogel, Heiko ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Innate immunity; Insect herbivore; Maternal effects; Trans generational priming

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIET; EVOLUTION; HERBIVORE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MATERNAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HERBIVORE; HEREDITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT; MALE; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENERATIONAL IMMUNE PRIMING; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; HEXAPODA; TRICHOPLUSIA NI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650475684     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0323     Document Type: Article

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