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Immune Gene Expression in Bombus terrestris: Signatures of Infection Despite Strong Variation among Populations, Colonies, and Sister Workers

Ecological immunology relies on variation in resistance to parasites. Colonies of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris vary in their susceptibility to the trypanosome gut parasite Crithidia bombi, which reduces colony fitness. To understand the possible origin of this variation in resistance we assayed t...

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Autores principales: Brunner, Franziska S., Schmid-Hempel, Paul, Barribeau, Seth M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3712019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23869212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068181