Translocation of bacteria from the gut to the eggs triggers maternal transgenerational immune priming in Tribolium castaneum

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Knorr, Eileen ^a   Schmidtberg, Henrike ^b   Arslan, Derya ^a   Bingsohn, Linda ^a   Vilcinskas, Andreas ^a,b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fitness costs; Innate immunity; Maternal inheritance; Parental investment; Transgenerational immune priming; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BEETLE; DNA; EGG; FEMALE; FITNESS; METHYLATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PATHOGEN; TRANSLOCATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS ENTOMOPHILA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; OVUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MALE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; OVUM; PSEUDOMONAS; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 84951777937     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0885     Document Type: Article

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