Drosophila melanogaster as a model to study host-parasitoid interactions: the case of the polydnaviral protein TnBVANK1

Parasitic wasps attack a number of insect species on which they feed, either externally or internally. This requires very effective strategies for suppressing the immune response and a finely tuned interference with the host physiology that is co-opted for the developing parasitoid progeny. The weal...

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Main Author: Valzania, Luca <1986>
Other Authors: Gargiulo, Giuseppe
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:en
Published: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna 2014
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Online Access:http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/6465/