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1 online resource (267 pages) |
Contents |
List of contributors; 1 Introducing insect infection and immunity; Section A: Immune mechanisms and integration; 2 Recognition and response to microbial infection in Drosophila; 3 Roles of haemolymph proteins in antimicrobial defences of Manduca sexta; 4 Drosophila as a model for studying antiviral defences; 5 Specificity of the innate immune system: a closer look at the mosquito pattern-recognition receptor repertoire; 6 Comparative genomics of insect immunity; 7 Physiological integration of innate immunity; Section B: Immune interactions and evolution |
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8 The inherited microbiota of arthropods, and their importance in understanding resistance and immunity9 Polydnaviruses as tools to deliver wasp virulence factors to impair lepidopteran host immunity; 10 Immune responses and the evolution of resistance; 11 The impact of physiological state on immune function in insects; 12 Costs and genomic aspects of Drosophila immunity to parasites and pathogens; 13 Population genetics of insect immune responses; 14 Ecological and evolutionary implications of specific immune responses; 15 Reproductive immunity; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; M; N |
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Op; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X |
Summary |
Under continual attack from both microbial pathogens and multicellular parasites, insects must cope with immune challenges every day of their lives. However, this has not prevented them from becoming the most successful group of animals on the planet. Insects possess highly-developed innate immune systems which have been fine-tuned by an arms race with pathogens spanning hundreds of millions of years of evolutionary history. Recent discoveries are revealing both an unexpected degreeof specificity and an indication of immunological memory - the functional hallmark of vertebrate immunity. The st |
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Insects -- Immunology -- Congresses
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Insects -- Infections -- Congresses
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Science.
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Natural history.
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Zoology.
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Science
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Natural History
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Zoology
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sciences (philosophy)
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natural sciences.
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zoology.
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science (modern discipline)
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Insects -- Immunology
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Natural history
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Science
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Zoology
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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Author |
Rolff, J. (Jens)
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Reynolds, Stuart Edward.
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ISBN |
9780191572975 |
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0191572977 |
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