Recent advances in vertebrate and invertebrate transgenerational immunity in the light of ecology and evolution.

Roth, Olivia , Beemelmanns, Anne, Barribeau, Seth M. and Sadd, Ben M. (2018) Recent advances in vertebrate and invertebrate transgenerational immunity in the light of ecology and evolution. Heredity, 121 . pp. 225-238. DOI 10.1038/s41437-018-0101-2.

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Abstract

Parental experience with parasites and pathogens can lead to increased offspring resistance to infection, through a process known as transgenerational immune priming (TGIP). Broadly defined, TGIP occurs across a wide range of taxa, and can be viewed as a type of phenotypic plasticity, with hosts responding to the pressures of relevant local infection risk by altering their offspring’s immune defenses. There are ever increasing examples of both invertebrate and vertebrate TGIP, which go beyond classical examples of maternal antibody transfer. Here we critically summarize the current evidence for TGIP in both invertebrates and vertebrates. Mechanisms underlying TGIP remain elusive in many systems, but while it is unlikely that they are conserved across the range of organisms with TGIP, recent insight into epigenetic modulation may challenge this view. We place TGIP into a framework of evolutionary ecology, discussing costs and relevant environmental variation. We highlight how the ecology of species or populations should affect if, where, when, and how TGIP is realized. We propose that the field can progress by incorporating evolutionary ecology focused designs to the study of the so far well chronicled, but mostly descriptive TGIP, and how rapidly developing -omic methods can be employed to further understand TGIP across taxa.

Document Type: Article
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB3 Marine Ecology > FB3-EV Marine Evolutionary Ecology
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Nature Research
Date Deposited: 19 Jun 2018 07:09
Last Modified: 08 Feb 2021 07:33
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/43441

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