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Mothers pass on disease clues to offspring (EurekAlert!)

( University of Nottingham ) The study provides the first evidence for a transgenerational effect on immune response based on environmental cues — with maternal perception of disease risk in the immediate environment potentially determining offspring disease resistance and social dominance. The results are published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the Royal Society’s flagship biological …

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