Robustness of the outcome of adult bumblebee infection with a trypanosome parasite after varied parasite exposures during larval development

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1053-1059

  Cisarovsky, G ^a   Schmid Hempel, P ^a   Sadd, B M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Bumblebee; Crithidia bombi; Environmental dependence; Genotype by genotype interaction; Host parasite interaction; Immune priming; Social immunity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEE; COEVOLUTION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE INFESTATION; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CRITHIDIA; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMATID INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CRITHIDIA; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENT; EUGLENOZOA INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA BOMBI; INVERTEBRATA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 84861201942     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02507.x     Document Type: Article

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