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dc.contributor.authorCoakley, CM
dc.contributor.authorStaszewski, V
dc.contributor.authorHerborn, Katherine
dc.contributor.authorCunningham, EJA
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-10T08:24:38Z
dc.date.available2018-09-10T08:24:38Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn1742-9994
dc.identifier.issn1742-9994
dc.identifier.otherARTN 46
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/12262
dc.description.abstract

INTRODUCTION: The transfer of antibodies from mother to offspring is key to protecting young animals from disease and can have a major impact on responses to infection and offspring fitness. Such maternal effects also allow young that may be exposed to disease in early life to focus resources on growth and development at this critical period of development. Maternally transferred antibodies are therefore an important source of phenotypic variation in host phenotype as well as influencing host susceptibility and tolerance to infection across generations. It has previously been assumed the transfer of antibodies is passive and invariant and reflects the level of circulating antibody in the mother at the time of transfer. However, whether females may vary in the relative amount of protection transferred to offspring has seldom been explored. RESULTS: Here we show that females differ widely in the relative amount of specific blood antibodies they transfer to the embryonic environment (range 9.2%-38.4% of their own circulating levels) in Chinese painted quail (Coturnix chinensis). Relative transfer levels were unrelated to the size of a female's own immune response. Furthermore, individual females were consistent in their transfer level, both across different stages of their immune response and when challenged with different vaccine types. The amount of antibody transferred was related to female condition, but baseline antibody responses of mothers were not. However, we found no evidence for any trade-offs between the relative amount of antibody transferred with other measures of reproductive investment. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that the relative amount of antibodies transferred to offspring can vary significantly and consistently between females. Levels of transfer may therefore be a separate trait open to manipulation or selection with potential consequences for offspring health and fitness in both wild and domesticated populations.

dc.format.extent46-46
dc.format.mediumElectronic-eCollection
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.subjectMaternal antibodies
dc.subjectMaternal effect
dc.subjectTrade-offs
dc.subjectImmunity
dc.subjectDifferential allocation
dc.subjectEcoimmunology
dc.titleFactors affecting the levels of protection transferred from mother to offspring following immune challenge
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
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plymouth.issue1
plymouth.volume11
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalFrontiers in Zoology
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1742-9994-11-46
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences
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dc.publisher.placeEngland
dcterms.dateAccepted2014-06-16
dc.identifier.eissn1742-9994
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