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Informationen zum Autor Jens Rolff (University of Sheffield, UK) has been contributing to the field of ecological immunology since it first emerged. He is especially interested in how immunity and life histories are interlinked with respect to seasonality and sex differences. He has published more than 30 papers on the evolutionary ecology of insect immunity and interactions with parasites. He is co-editor of Ecological Entomology and has fostered inter-disciplinary exchange by organising international workshops.Stuart Reynolds (University of Bath, UK) is co-editor of the Journal of Insect Physiology and has published more than 100 papers on insect physiology. He is particularly interested in the immune responses of lepidopteran larvae and the use of RNAi as a tool to investigate this.Together, they are convenors of the Insect Immunology Special Interest Group of the Royal Entomological Society of the UK. Klappentext The study of insect immune systems has accelerated rapidly in recent years and is now becoming an important interdisciplinary field. This is the first book to provide a coherent synthesis and is clearly structured around three broadly themed sections: mechanisms, interactions, and evolutionary ecology. Zusammenfassung The study of insect immune systems has accelerated rapidly in recent years and is now becoming an important interdisciplinary field. This is the first book to provide a coherent synthesis and is clearly structured around three broadly themed sections: mechanisms, interactions, and evolutionary ecology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Stuart Reynolds and Jens Rolff: Introducing Insect Infection and Immunity A. Immune Mechanisms and Integration 2: Nichole A. Broderick, David P. Welchman and Bruno Lemaitre: Recognition and Response to Microbial Infection of Drosophila 3: Emily J. Ragan, Chunju An, Haobo Jiang and Michael R. Kanost: Roles of Hemolymph Proteins in Antimicrobial Defences of Manduca sexta 4: Jean-Luc Imler and Ioannis Eleftherianos: Drosophila as a Model for Studying Antiviral Defenses 5: Suchismita Das, Yuemei Dong, Lindsey Garver and George Dimopoulos: Specificity of the Innate Immune System: A Closer Look at the Mosquito Pattern Recognition Receptor Repertoire 6: Fotis Kafatos, Robert Waterhouse, Evgeny Zdobnov and George Christophides: Comparative Genomics of Insect Immunity 7: David Schneider: Physiological Integration of Innate Immunity B. Immune Interactions and Evolution 8: Gregory D.D. Hurst and Alistair C. Darby: The Inherited Microbiota of Arthropods, and their Importance in Understanding Resistance and Immunity 9: Sebastien Moreau, Elisabeth Huguet and Jean-Michel Drezen: Insect Viruses, Parasitoids and their Interactions with the Insect Immune System: Polydnaviruses as Tools to Deliver Wasp Virulence Factors to Impair Lepidopteran Host Immunity 10: Jacob Koella: Immune Responses and the Evolution of Resistance 11: Shelley A. Adamo: The Impact of Physiological State on Immune Function in Insects 12: Alex R. Kraaijeveld and Bregje Wertheim: Costs and Genomic Aspects of Drosophila Immunity to Parasites and Pathogens 13: Punita Juneja and Brian P. Lazzaro: Population Genetics of Insect Immune Responses 14: Ben M. Sadd and Paul Schmid-Hempel: Ecological and Evolutionary Implications of Specific Immune Responses 15: Michael T. Siva-Jothy: Reproductive Immunity Index ...
Sommario
- 1: Stuart Reynolds and Jens Rolff: Introducing Insect Infection and Immunity
- A. Immune Mechanisms and Integration
- 2: Nichole A. Broderick, David P. Welchman and Bruno Lemaitre: Recognition and Response to Microbial Infection of Drosophila
- 3: Emily J. Ragan, Chunju An, Haobo Jiang and Michael R. Kanost: Roles of Hemolymph Proteins in Antimicrobial Defences of Manduca sexta
- 4: Jean-Luc Imler and Ioannis Eleftherianos: Drosophila as a Model for Studying Antiviral Defenses
- 5: Suchismita Das, Yuemei Dong, Lindsey Garver and George Dimopoulos: Specificity of the Innate Immune System: A Closer Look at the Mosquito Pattern Recognition Receptor Repertoire
- 6: Fotis Kafatos, Robert Waterhouse, Evgeny Zdobnov and George Christophides: Comparative Genomics of Insect Immunity
- 7: David Schneider: Physiological Integration of Innate Immunity
- B. Immune Interactions and Evolution
- 8: Gregory D.D. Hurst and Alistair C. Darby: The Inherited Microbiota of Arthropods, and their Importance in Understanding Resistance and Immunity
- 9: Sebastien Moreau, Elisabeth Huguet and Jean-Michel Drezen: Insect Viruses, Parasitoids and their Interactions with the Insect Immune System: Polydnaviruses as Tools to Deliver Wasp Virulence Factors to Impair Lepidopteran Host Immunity
- 10: Jacob Koella: Immune Responses and the Evolution of Resistance
- 11: Shelley A. Adamo: The Impact of Physiological State on Immune Function in Insects
- 12: Alex R. Kraaijeveld and Bregje Wertheim: Costs and Genomic Aspects of Drosophila Immunity to Parasites and Pathogens
- 13: Punita Juneja and Brian P. Lazzaro: Population Genetics of Insect Immune Responses
- 14: Ben M. Sadd and Paul Schmid-Hempel: Ecological and Evolutionary Implications of Specific Immune Responses
- 15: Michael T. Siva-Jothy: Reproductive Immunity
- Index
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For those of us in the field, the timing of this work is perfect...This text propels the field into the next phase of integrative and comparative research. Myrmecological News
