Population genetics of insect immune responses

Insect Infection and Immunity: Evolution, Ecology, and Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Juneja, Punita ^a   Lazzaro, Brian P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial immune response; Antiviral immune response; Evolutionary patterns; Insect immunity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960283449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199551354.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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