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Parasitoid wasp virulence: A window into fly immunity

In nature, larvae of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster are commonly infected by parasitoid wasps. Following infection, flies mount an immune response termed cellular encapsulation in which fly immune cells form a multilayered capsule that covers and kills the wasp egg. Parasitoids have thus evol...

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Main Author: Mortimer, Nathan T
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Landes Bioscience 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3896496/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24088661
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4161/fly.26484
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