Host defence: getting by with a little help from our friends.
Insects deploy cellular and humoral defences to defend themselves against pathogens and parasites. The recent discovery that fly defences are commonly supplemented by inherited protective microbes suggests that symbiont-mediated protection is common. Resistance evolution may have a more complex dynamic than previously described.
Hurst
Gregory D D
GD
Institute for Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, UK. g.hurst@liv.ac.uk
Hutchence
Kate J
KJ
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004330:Drosophila / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D010271:Parasites; D012919:Social Behavior; D013559:Symbiosis