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Insect infection and immunity : evolution, ecology, and mechanisms
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Insect infection and immunity : evolution, ecology, and mechanisms

Author: J Rolff; Stuart Edward Reynolds
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series: Oxford biology.
Edition/Format:  Book : Conference publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The study of insect immune systems has accelerated rapidly in recent years and is now becoming an important interdisciplinary field. This is the first book to provide a coherent synthesis and is  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Kongress
Sheffield (2009)
Congresses
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Insect infection and immunity.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009
(OCoLC)761278406
Material Type: Conference publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: J Rolff; Stuart Edward Reynolds
ISBN: 9780199551354 0199551359 9780199551361 0199551367
OCLC Number: 308218791
Notes: This book is published on the occasion of the Royal Entomological Society's Symposium on Insect infection and immunity in Sheffield, July 15-17 2009.
Description: xii, 254 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: Introducing insect infection and immunity / Jens Rolff and Stuart E. Reynolds --
Recognition and response to microbial infection in Drosophila / Nichole A. Broderick, David P. Welchman, and Bruno Lemaitre --
Roles of haemolymph proteins in antimicrobial defences of Manduca sexta / Emily J. Ragan ... [et al.] --
Drosophila as a model for studying antiviral defences / Jean-Luc Imler and Ioannis Eleftherianos --
Specificity of the innate immune system : a closer look at the mosquito pattern-recognition receptor repertoire / Suchismita Das ... [et al.] --
Comparative genomics of insect immunity / Fotis Kafatos ... [et al.] --
Physiological integration of innate immunity / David Schneider --
The inherited microbiota of arthropods, and their importance in understanding resistance and immunity / Gregory D.D. Hurst and Alistair C. Darby --
Polydnaviruses as tools to deliver wasp virulence factors to impair lepidopteran host immunity / Sebastien Moreau, Elisabeth Huguet, and Jean-Michel Drezen --
Immune responses and the evolution of resistance / Jacob Koella --
The impact of physiological state on immune function in insects / Shelley A. Adamo --
Costs and genomic aspects of Drosophila immunity to parasites and pathogens / Alex R. Kraaijeveld and Bregje Wertheim --
Population genetics of insect immune responses / Punita Juneja and Brian P. Lazzaro --
Ecological and evolutionary implications of specific immune responses / Ben M. Sadd and Paul Schmid-Hempel --
Reproductive immunity / Michael T. Siva-Jothy.
Series Title: Oxford biology.
Responsibility: edited by Jens Rolff, Stuart E. Reynolds.
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For those of us in the field, the timing of this work is perfect...This text propels the field into the next phase of integrative and comparative research. Myrmecological News

 
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