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Social Immunity in Amphibians: Evidence for Vertical Transmission of Innate Defenses
Author(s) -
Walke Jenifer B.,
Harris Reid N.,
Reinert Laura K.,
RollinsSmith Louise A.,
Woodhams Douglas C.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
biotropica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1744-7429
pISSN - 0006-3606
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00787.x
Subject(s) - amphibian , biology , innate immune system , panama , immunity , chytridiomycosis , pathogen , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , host (biology) , fungal pathogen , ranavirus , zoology , immunology , immune system , fishery
Amphibian embryos are at risk of microbial infection. Here we find evidence that innate immune defenses, both antimicrobial skin peptides and mutualistic microbiota,\udof adult glass frogs, Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum, can be transmitted to embryos deposited on leaves above rain forest streams in Panama and can inhibit the\udfungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis