Immune defense in Drosophila melanogaster depends on diet, sex, and mating status.

Immune defense is a complex trait that affects and is affected by many other host factors, including sex, mating, and dietary environment. We used the agriculturally relevant fungal emtomopathogen, Beauveria bassiana, and the model host organism Drosophila melanogaster to examine how the impacts of...

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Main Authors: Kshama Ekanath Rai, Han Yin, Arnie Lynn C Bengo, Madison Cheek, Robert Courville, Elnaz Bagheri, Reza Ramezan, Sam Behseta, Parvin Shahrestani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268415