The immune transcriptome and proteome of the ant Camponotus floridanus and vertical transmission of its bacterial endosymbiont Blochmannia floridanus
The evolutionary success of insects is believed to be at least partially facilitated by symbioses between insects and prokaryotes. Bacterial endosymbionts confer various fitness advantages to their hosts, for example by providing nutrients lacking from the insects’ diet thereby enabling the inhabita...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
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| Online Access: | https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/14253 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-142534 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-142534 https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/files/14253/Kupper_Maria_Immune_transcriptome.pdf |