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Intra- and trans-generational effects of larval diet on susceptibility to an entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana, in the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella
Tekijät: Kangassalo K, Valtonen TM, Roff D, Polkki M, Dubovskiy IM, Sorvari J, Rantala MJ
Kustantaja: Wiley-Blackwell
Julkaisuvuosi: 2015
Journal: Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Lehden akronyymi: J evolution biol
Vuosikerta: 28
Numero: 8
Aloitussivu: 1453
Lopetussivu: 1464
Sivujen määrä: 12
ISSN: 1010-061X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12666
In addition to nutritional conditions experienced by individuals themselves, those experienced by their parents can affect their immune function. Here, we studied the intra- and trans-generational effects of larval diet on susceptibility to an entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana, in the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella. In the first part of the study, a split-brood design was used to compare the susceptibility of full sibs raised either on low- or on high-nutrition larval diet. In the second part of the study, a similar experimental design was employed to investigate the effects of maternal and paternal diet as well as their interaction on offspring's susceptibility. In the first part of the study, we found that individuals fed with high-nutrition diet had higher mortality from infection than individuals fed with low-nutrition diet. However, diet did not affect post-infection survival time. Conversely, in the second part of the study, maternal diet was found to have no significant effect on final mortality rate of offspring, but it affected survival time: larvae with high-nutrition maternal diet survived fewer days after infection than larvae with low-nutrition maternal diet. Paternal diet had no significant effect on offspring's susceptibility to the fungus, indicating that paternal effects are not as important as maternal effects in influencing immune function in this species. Our findings provide further indication that maternal nutrition affects immune function in insects, and suggest that the direct effects of nutrition on immunity may be different, yet parallel, to those caused by parental nutrition.