Grooming Behavior as a Mechanism of Insect Disease Defense

Grooming is a well-recognized, multipurpose, behavior in arthropods and vertebrates. In this paper, we review the literature to highlight the physical function, neurophysiological mechanisms, and role that grooming plays in insect defense against pathogenic infection. The intricate relationships bet...

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Autores principales: Zhukovskaya, Marianna, Yanagawa, Aya, Forschler, Brian T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26462526
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects4040609
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author Zhukovskaya, Marianna
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description Grooming is a well-recognized, multipurpose, behavior in arthropods and vertebrates. In this paper, we review the literature to highlight the physical function, neurophysiological mechanisms, and role that grooming plays in insect defense against pathogenic infection. The intricate relationships between the physical, neurological and immunological mechanisms of grooming are discussed to illustrate the importance of this behavior when examining the ecology of insect-pathogen interactions.
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spelling pubmed-45535062015-10-08 Grooming Behavior as a Mechanism of Insect Disease Defense Zhukovskaya, Marianna Yanagawa, Aya Forschler, Brian T. Insects Review Grooming is a well-recognized, multipurpose, behavior in arthropods and vertebrates. In this paper, we review the literature to highlight the physical function, neurophysiological mechanisms, and role that grooming plays in insect defense against pathogenic infection. The intricate relationships between the physical, neurological and immunological mechanisms of grooming are discussed to illustrate the importance of this behavior when examining the ecology of insect-pathogen interactions. MDPI 2013-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4553506/ /pubmed/26462526 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects4040609 Text en © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553506/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects4040609
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