Infection avoidance behavior: Viral exposure reduces the motivation to forage in female Drosophila melanogaster

Infection avoidance behaviors are the first line of defense against pathogenic encounters. Behavioral plasticity in response to internal or external cues of infection can therefore generate potentially significant heterogeneity in infection. We tested whether Drosophila melanogaster exhibits infecti...

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Main Authors: Pedro F. Vale, Michael D. Jardine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Fly
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19336934.2016.1207029