A gene for social immunity in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides?
William JP Palmer, Ana Duarte, Matthew Schrader, Jonathan P Day, Rebecca Kilner, Francis Jiggins
The paper identifies a gene involved in social immunity in burying beetles by analyzing transcriptome data and observing increased expression during antimicrobial exudate production.
bioRxiv · Jun 8, 2015Genetics