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Genetic variance and genotype-by-environment interaction of immune response in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae).
Journal of medical entomology - 1 Mar 2010
Moreno-García Miguel, Lanz-Mendoza Humberto, Córdoba-Aguilar Alex
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Immune response can be negatively affected by resource limitation, so it is expected that organisms evolve strategies to minimize the impact of this environmental outcome. Phenotypic plasticity in immune response could represent a genetic response to face such situations. We investigated the effects of high and low quality and quantity of food at the larval stage on two important immune components, phenoloxidase...
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