Larval food quality affects adult (but not larval) immune gene expression independent of effects on general condition

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1462-1468

  Fellous, Simon ^a,b   Lazzaro, Brian P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Insect immunity; Larval environment; Life stage

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BODY WEIGHT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77949799385     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04567.x     Document Type: Article

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