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ArticleBiology letters2025

Exploring the role of microbiota in mediating sexually dimorphic infection outcomes in mealworm beetles.

Srijan Seal, Devashish Kumar, Pavankumar Thunga, Pawan Khangar, Manisha Gupta, Dipendra Nath Basu, Rhitoban Raychoudhury, Imroze Khan

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Article in Biology letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Srijan SealDepartment of Biology, Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana, India.ORCID 0000-0003-4610-3964
Devashish KumarDepartment of Biology, Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana, India.
Pavankumar ThungaDepartment of Biology, Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana, India.
Pawan KhangarDepartment of Biology, Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana, India.
Manisha GuptaBiological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Manauli, Punjab, India.
Dipendra Nath BasuDepartment of Biology, Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana, India.
Rhitoban RaychoudhuryBiological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Manauli, Punjab, India.ORCID 0000-0001-6835-1008
Imroze KhanDepartment of Biology, Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana, India.ORCID 0000-0002-0110-2274

Funding

Ashoka UniversityDBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance IA/I/20/1/504930IISER MohaliSERBTrivedi School of BiosciencesUniversity Grant CommissionWellcome Trust DBT India Alliance
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sexually dimorphic responses to pathogenic infections in animals may stem from sex-specific differences in their life history and immune investment. Recent evidence highlights that such sex-specific variations in immune responses can also be critically regulated by the microbiota. However, direct experiments to test how the microbiota jointly impacts sex-specific immunity and vulnerability to pathogens are still limited. To this end, we used

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MicrobiotaSex CharacteristicsTenebrioAnimalsFemaleMaleimmunityinfection susceptibilitymicrobiotasexual dimorphismTenebrio molitor

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PMID40734650
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