Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of mother-to-egg immune protection in the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor
Fig 6
Four complementary protocols for female adult priming and egg sampling were conducted to elucidate the different scenarios of TGIP in T. molitor.
Egg sampling strategies for proteomic approach (panel A), antimicrobial activity following RNAi experiment (panel B), kinetics of gene expression by RT-qPCR (panel C) and antibacterial activity following mothers priming (panel D) are indicating. A full description of the procedure for each experiment is described in details in the corresponding part of the Material and Methods section.