The effect of pre-laying maternal immunization on offspring growth and immunity differs across experimentally altered postnatal rearing conditions in a wild songbird

The effect of pre-laying maternal immunization on offspring growth and immunity differs across experimentally altered postnatal rearing conditions in a wild songbird

Abstract Background Prenatal antibody transfer is an immune-mediated maternal effect by which females can shape postnatal offspring resistance to pathogens and parasites. Maternal antibodies passed on to offspring provide primary protection to neonates against diverse pathogenic antigens, but they m...

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Main Authors: Rafał Martyka, Ewa B. Śliwińska, Mirosław Martyka, Mariusz Cichoń, Piotr Tryjanowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
Subjects:
Brood size manipulation
Food availability
Great tit
Humoral immune response
LPS
Maternal antibodies
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-018-0272-y

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