Immune gene expression in Bombus terrestris: signatures of infection despite strong variation among populations, colonies, and sister workers.

Immune gene expression in Bombus terrestris: signatures of infection despite strong variation among populations, colonies, and sister workers.

Ecological immunology relies on variation in resistance to parasites. Colonies of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris vary in their susceptibility to the trypanosome gut parasite Crithidia bombi, which reduces colony fitness. To understand the possible origin of this variation in resistance we assayed t...

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Main Authors: Franziska S Brunner, Paul Schmid-Hempel, Seth M Barribeau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3712019?pdf=render

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