Alcohol consumption as self-medication against blood-borne parasites in the fruit fly

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 488-493

  Milan, Neil F ^a   Kacsoh, Balint Z ^a   Schlenke, Todd A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; WASPS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNGI;

EID: 84858700019     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.01.045     Document Type: Article

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