Climate drives geographic variation in individual Peromyscus leucopus immunity against zoonotic disease.
Vania Regina Assis, Kailey M. McCain, Rachel A. Munds, Allison M. Brehm, John L. Orrock, Lynn B. Martin
The paper examines how climate influences immune gene expression in Peromyscus leucopus mice, showing warmer, wetter sites have higher resistance to Borrelia burgdorferi.
bioRxiv · Aug 23, 2024 · PreprintImmunology