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Antibody injection in the egg yolk: maternal antibodies affect humoral immune response of the offspring

2010-07-16

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Summary 1. In vertebrate species, maternal antibodies specific for the pathogens to which mothers have been exposed can be transmitted to offspring before birth. This is assumed to be adaptive as these antibodies can be essential in protecting offspring early in life before their own immune system is fully developed. However, fitness consequences in natural conditions and the long‐term effects of these mechanisms...

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Literature Corpus work: 4d427850-3fca-5bac-ba12-492bfbb462df
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01745.x

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