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Immune defense in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> depends on diet, sex and mating status

2022-05-01

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Post-mating immunosuppression has been widely accepted as a female trait in Drosophila melanogaster . Our results challenge this notion by presenting a mating-immunity trade-off in males as well as in females. When inoculated with the fungal pathogen, Beauveria bassiana , both males and females die faster compared to inoculated virgins, and survival is lower when inoculated flies are continuously mated compared...

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Literature Corpus work: 7fca1677-9327-5a2a-8644-7274bcf89883
DOI: 10.1101/2022.05.01.490225

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