Parental diet has strong transgenerational effects on offspring immunity

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1409-1417

  Triggs, Alison M ^a   Knell, Robert J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Epigenetics; Haemocyte; Immunity; Phenoloxidase; Transgenerational effects; Weight

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD QUALITY; GENOMICS; HERITABILITY; IMMUNITY; MOTH; OBESITY; PATERNAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WEIGHT;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84869888963     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02051.x     Document Type: Article

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