Long antibody persistence and transgenerational transfer of immunity in a long-lived vertebrate

American Naturalist

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 764-776

  Ramos, Raül ^a,b   Garnier, Romain ^c   González Solís, Jacob ^b   Boulinier, Thierry ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calonectris borealis; Humoral response; Life history traits; Maternal antibodies; Newcastle disease virus; Parasite resistance; Tradeoff; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; PERSISTENCE; SEABIRD; TRADE-OFF; VACCINATION; VIRUS;

CALONECTRIS; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; BIRD; BIRD DISEASES; BLOOD; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; OOCYTE; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; VACCINATION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; OVUM; VACCINATION;

EID: 84914141702     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/678400     Document Type: Article

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