Effective but Costly, Evolved Mechanisms of Defense against a Virulent Opportunistic Pathogen in Drosophila melanogaster

Drosophila harbor substantial genetic variation for antibacterial defense, and investment in immunity is thought to involve a costly trade-off with life history traits, including development, life span, and reproduction. To understand the way in which insects invest in fighting bacterial infection,...

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Autores principales: Ye, Yixin H., Chenoweth, Stephen F., McGraw, Elizabeth A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2663048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19381251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000385

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2663048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19381251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000385

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