Transcriptional response of male and female Drosophila melanogaster to intestinal infection
The aim of the study is to investigate the mechanisms that mediate sexual dimorphism in response to intestinal infection in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. For this purpose, we performed transcriptional profiling of uninfected and infected fly guts with the pathogen Pseudomonas entomophila. This approach allowed us to characterize basal and infection-induced differences between male and female flies.