Specific versus nonspecific immune defense in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris L

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1444-1447

  Mallon, Eamonn B ^a   Loosli, Roland ^a   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crithidia bombi; Encapsulation; Insect immunity; Trade offs; Trypanosomes

Indexed keywords

BEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITHIDIA; GENETIC SELECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; BEES; CRITHIDIA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CRITHIDIA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0037626642     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00351.x     Document Type: Article

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