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Candidate innate immune system gene expression in the ecological model Daphnia.
Developmental and comparative immunology - 1 Oct 2011
Decaestecker Ellen, Labbé Pierrick, Ellegaard Kirsten, Allen Judith E, Little Tom J
Abstract excerpt
The last ten years have witnessed increasing interest in host-pathogen interactions involving invertebrate hosts. The invertebrate innate immune system is now relatively well characterised, but in a limited range of genetic model organisms and under a limited number of conditions. Immune systems have been little studied under real-world scenarios of environmental variation and parasitism. Thus, we have...
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