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Immune function differences between two color morphs of the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) at different life stages

Several studies demonstrated that in insects cuticle melanism is interrelated with pathogen resistance, as melanin‐based coloration and innate immunity possess similar physiological pathways. For some insects, higher pathogen resistance was observed in darker individuals than in individuals with lig...

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Autores principales: Wang, Guihua, Zhou, Yuxuan, Tang, Baozhen, Ali, Habib, Hou, Youming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8131810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34026041
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7474