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Horizontal transfer of an antimicrobial peptide across insects

2026-03-05

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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are key defence molecules of the innate immune system of plants and animals. Understanding the evolutionary origins of AMPs can help to explain how immune systems acquire novelty and vary in their defensive capabilities. However, AMPs evolve rapidly, and so the origins of similar AMPs across organisms is often unclear. Furthermore, false negatives due to low search sensitivity are com...

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Literature Corpus work: ec80d56f-5ddd-5227-bc2c-d77c40173473
DOI: 10.64898/2026.03.03.709459

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