The complexity of genetic variation in a simple immune system.
Fruitflies derived from a wild population vary in their resistance to infection with the bacterial pathogen Serratia marcescens. A survey of nucleotide diversity in 21 genes involved in innate immunity concluded that 16 genes had polymorphisms associated with resistance to this specific pathogen. Ho...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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