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Altered feeding behavior and immune competence in paper wasps: A case of parasite manipulation?

Paper wasps (Polistes dominula), parasitized by the strepsipteran Xenos vesparum, are castrated and desert the colony to gather on plants where the parasite mates and releases primary larvae, thus completing its lifecycle. One of these plants is the trumpet creeper Campsis radicans: in a previous st...

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Autores principales: Beani, Laura, Mariotti Lippi, Marta, Mulinacci, Nadia, Manfredini, Fabio, Cecchi, Lorenzo, Giuliani, Claudia, Tani, Corrado, Meriggi, Niccolò, Cavalieri, Duccio, Cappa, Federico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7743958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33326432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242486