The ontogeny of immunity in the honey bee, Apis mellifera L

This thesis examines the ontogenetic development of the honey bee immune system in an ecological immunity context. I have optimised established immunological techniques to examine how aspects of the constitutive and induced innate immune response in the honey bee, Apis mellifera L., are affected by...

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Main Author: Laughton, Alice Martha
Published: University of Sheffield 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.500213