Protein-poor diet reduces host-specific immune gene expression in Bombus terrestris

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1786, 2014, Pages

  Brunner, Franziska S ^a,b   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^b   Barribeau, Seth M ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Crithidia bombi; Ecological immunology; Gene expression; Host parasite interactions; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

BEE; DIET; ENTOMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NUTRITION; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84902675133     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0128     Document Type: Article

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