Snail host parental investment throughout a Schistosoma mansoni infection
S. O. Gutierrez, O. J. Lockyear, D. J. Minchella
This study investigates whether parental investment in offspring parasite resistance changes during a Schistosoma mansoni infection in Biomphalaria glabrata snails, finding no evidence of transgenerational immune priming but suggesting parental condition affects offspring resistance.
bioRxiv · Nov 5, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology