A distinct infection cost associated with trans-generational priming of antibacterial immunity in bumble-bees

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 798-801

  Sadd, Ben M ^a   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Immune costs; Social insects; Trans generational immunity

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BEE; FITNESS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SOCIAL INSECT; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 74549152675     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0458     Document Type: Article

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