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Sex-specific effects of maternal immunization on yolk antibody transfer and offspring performance in zebra finches
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Sex-specific effects of maternal immunization on yolk antibody transfer and offspring performance in zebra finches
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| title: | Sex-specific effects of maternal immunization on yolk antibody transfer and offspring performance in zebra finches |
| author: | Martyka Rafał  , Rutkowska Joanna , Cichoń Mariusz
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| journal title: | Biology Letters |
| volume: | 7 |
| issue: | 1 |
| date of publication : | 2011 |
| pages: | 50-53 |
| ISSN: |
1744-9561 |
| eISSN: |
1744-957X |
| DOI: | |
| language: | English |
| journal language: | English |
| abstract in English: | Trans-generational antibody transfer constitutes an important mechanism by which mothers may enhance offspring resistance to pathogens. Thus, differential antibody deposition may potentially allow a female to differentiate offspring performance. Here, we examined whether maternal immunization with sheep red blood cells (SRBC) prior to egg laying affects sex-specific yolk antibody transfer and sexspecific offspring performance in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). We showed that immunized mothers deposit anti-SRBC antibodies into the eggs depending on embryo sex and laying order, and that maternal exposure to SRBC positively affects the body size of female, but not male offspring. This is the first study reporting sex-specific consequences of maternal immunization on offspring performance, and suggests that antibody transfer may constitute an adaptive mechanism of maternal favouritism. |
| keywords in English: | antibodies, growth, maternal effects, offspring sex, sheep red blood cells, antibody, adaptive radiation, body size, cell organelle, embryo, immunization, maternal effect, parent-offspring interaction, passerine, pathogenicity, performance assessment, sex-related difference, sheep, animal, article, egg yolk, erythrocyte, female, finch, immunology, male, metabolism, passive immunization, sexual development, animals, egg yolk, erythrocytes, finches, immunity, maternally-acquired, sex characteristics, Ovis aries, Taeniopygia guttata |
| affiliation: | Wydział Biologii i Nauk o Ziemi : Instytut Nauk o Środowisku |
| type: | journal article |
| subtype: | academic paper |
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