Latitudinal gradient in insect immunity

Among-population differences of two parameters reflecting constitutive immunity – phenoloxidase (PO) and lytic activity – using common garden design on three distantly related moth species represented by populations ranging from northern Finland to Georgia (Caucasus).本研究采用同质园实验设计，针对种群分布范围涵盖芬兰北部至格鲁吉亚（高加索地区）的三个远缘蛾类物种，分析反映组成型免疫（constitutive immunity）的两个参数——酚氧化酶（phenoloxidase，PO）与溶菌活性（lytic activity）——的种群间差异。