… defenses, such as engulfment and melanization, act immediately and are followed by inducible
defenses… to bacterial challenge in the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor, a model for the …

… in the insect hemolymph along with the inducible synthesis of AMPs produced by the fat
body. This response constitutes the humoral immune defense, which is triggered upon microbe …

… A few studies have demonstrated costs for producing an induced response and evolving
responses, but evidence showing a cost for constitutive defence is lacking. To date, most …

… Arthropods show some fairly sophisticated integration of their defence physiology to produce
some … that induced less mortality across time (table 1: T × infection (4) and T × infection (7)). …

… In conclusion, we show that the eggs of Tenebrio molitor possess an impressive endogenous
immune response. Furthermore, we show that the same genes are induced in adults and …

… Unlike vertebrates, invertebrates’ defense completely depends on the innate immunity …
TGIP can be induced through maternal priming pathways such as transcriptional regulation …

… and other primary defences fail. Because investment in both aspects of defence may be …
The mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor L. changes cuticle colour and its resistance to fungal …

‘Trans-generational immune priming’: specific enhancement of the antimicrobial immune
response in the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: …

… Variation in scores of inducible antibacterial defence as a function of total fecundity (number
of eggs laid) the early-life immune treatment. The negative relationship between …

… and egg endogenous defenses is needed to support efficient egg defense mechanisms. …
The Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) induced the differential abundance …