Evolutionary genetics of insect innate immunity

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 407-412

  Viljakainen, Lumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

AMP; gene family evolution; Gene family evolution; Imd; Positive selectionion; Toll

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; GENOMICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT; INSECT GENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POPULATION GENETICS; ANIMAL; GENE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECTS;

EID: 84954313043     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elv002     Document Type: Review

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