Immune function across generations: integrating mechanism and evolutionary process in maternal antibody transmission.

doi:10.1098/rspb.2003.2485

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Immune function across generations: integrating mechanism and evolutionary process in maternal antibody transmission.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Nov 2003

Grindstaff Jennifer L, Brodie Edmund D, Ketterson Ellen D

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The past 30 years of immunological research have revealed much about the proximate mechanisms of maternal antibody transmission and utilization, but have not adequately addressed how these issues are related to evolutionary and ecological theory. Much remains to be learned about individual differences within a species in maternal antibody transmission as well as differences among species in transmission or...

Topics

Adaptation, Biological
Animals
Antibodies
Biological Evolution
Environment
Female
Genetic Variation
Humans
Immunity, Maternally-Acquired
Immunocompetence
Models, Biological
Species Specificity

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PMID: 14667346
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2485
PMCID: PMC1691520

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