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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Main Authors: Michael M Magwire, Florian Bayer, Claire L Webster, Chuan Cao, Francis M Jiggins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-10-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3197678?pdf=render