Insect infection and immunity : evolution, ecology, and mechanisms /
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. |
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| Description: | xii, 254 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oxford biology Oxford biology. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7838936 |
Table of Contents:
- List of contributors
- 1. Introducing insect infection and immunity
- Section A. Immune mechanisms and integration
- 2. Recognition and response to microbial infection in Drosophila
- 3. Roles of haemolymph proteins in antimicrobial defencesof Manduca sexta
- 4. Drosophila as a model for studying antiviral defences
- 5. Specificity of the innate immune system: a closer look atthe mosquito pattern-recognition receptor repertoire
- 6. Comparative genomics of insect immunity
- 7. Physiological integration of innate immunity
- Section B. Immune interactions and evolution
- 8. The inherited microbiota of arthropods, and their importancein understanding resistance and immunity
- 9. Polydnaviruses as tools to deliver wasp virulence factors toimpair lepidopteran host immunity
- 10. Immune responses and the evolution of resistance
- 11. The impact of physiological state on immune function in insects
- 12. Costs and genomic aspects of Drosophila immunity toparasites and pathogens
- 13. Population genetics of insect immune responses
- 14. Ecological and evolutionary implications of specificimmune responses
- 15. Reproductive immunity
- Index
