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Immune anticipation of mating in Drosophila: Turandot M promotes immunity against sexually transmitted fungal infections

Although it is well known that mating increases the risk of infection, we do not know how females mitigate the fitness costs of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). It has recently been shown that female fruitflies, Drosophila melanogaster, specifically upregulate two members of the Turandot fami...

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Autores principales: Zhong, Weihao, McClure, Colin D., Evans, Cara R., Mlynski, David T., Immonen, Elina, Ritchie, Michael G., Priest, Nicholas K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3826220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24174107
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2018