Immune priming: mothering males modulate immunity

Maria-Cristina Keightley; Bob B M Wong; Graham Lieschke

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.11.050

Immune priming: mothering males modulate immunity

Maria-Cristina Keightley, Bob B M Wong, Graham Lieschke

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Abstract

The transfer of immunity from mother to offspring is widespread in animals. The father s contribution to this is usually negligible. However, in a sex-role reversed pipefish where fathers do the mothering, fathers make an important immune priming contribution, too.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	76 - 78
Number of pages	3
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	23
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.11.050
Publication status	Published - 2013

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