Sex-specific variation in the emphasis, inducibility and timing of the post-mating immune response in Drosophila melanogaster

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1659, 2009, Pages 1109-1117

  Winterhalter, Wade E ^a   Fedorka, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Immunity; Inducibility; Mating; Sexual dimorphism; Specificity

Indexed keywords

FLY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 60049094068     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1559     Document Type: Article

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