Successive increases in the resistance of Drosophila to viral infection through a transposon insertion followed by a Duplication.
To understand the molecular basis of how hosts evolve resistance to their parasites, we have investigated the genes that cause variation in the susceptibility of Drosophila melanogaster to viral infection. Using a host-specific pathogen of D. melanogaster called the sigma virus (Rhabdoviridae), we m...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-10-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3197678?pdf=render |