Insect Immunity, Volume 52 provides readers with the latest interdisciplinary reviews on the topic. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists, neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists and insect chemists, providing invaluable chapters on Insect Antimicrobial Defenses: A Brief History, Recent Findings, Biases, and a Way Forward in Evolutionary Studies, Phagocytosis in Insect Immunity, The Melanization Response in Insect Immunity, Microbiota, Gut Physiology, and Insect Immunity, Intestinal Stem Cells: A Decade of Intensive Research in Drosophila and the Road Ahead, and Insect Symbiosis and Immunity: The Bean Bug–Burkholderia Interaction as a Case Study, along with other related topics.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors - p. ix 6. Preface - p. xi 7. Chapter One: Insect Antimicrobial Defences: A Brief History, Recent Findings, Biases, and a Way Forward in Evolutionary Studies - p. xiv 8. Chapter Two: Phagocytosis in Insect Immunity - p. 33 9. Chapter Three: The Melanization Response in Insect Immunity - p. 82 10. Chapter Four: Microbiota, Gut Physiology, and Insect Immunity - p. 109 11. Chapter Five: Intestinal Stem Cells: A Decade of Intensive Research in Drosophila and the Road Ahead - p. 138 12. Chapter Six: Insect Symbiosis and Immunity: The Bean Bug–Burkholderia Interaction as a Case Study - p. 178 13. Chapter Seven: Exploiting Innate Immunity for Biological Pest Control - p. 197 14. Chapter Eight: Immunology of Insect Vectors: Midgut Interactions of Sandflies and Tsetse with Kinetoplastid Parasites as a Paradigm for Establishing Infection - p. 230
Insect Immunity, Volume 52 provides readers with the latest interdisciplinary reviews on the topic. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists, neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists and insect chemists, providing invaluable chapters on Insect Antimicrobial Defenses: A Brief History, Recent Findings, Biases, and a Way Forward in Evolutionary Studies, Phagocytosis in Insect Immunity, The Melanization Response in Insect Immunity, Microbiota, Gut Physiology, and Insect Immunity, Intestinal Stem Cells: A Decade of Intensive Research in Drosophila and the Road Ahead, and Insect Symbiosis and Immunity: The Bean Bug–Burkholderia Interaction as a Case Study, along with other related topics.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors - p. ix 6. Preface - p. xi 7. Chapter One: Insect Antimicrobial Defences: A Brief History, Recent Findings, Biases, and a Way Forward in Evolutionary Studies - p. xiv 8. Chapter Two: Phagocytosis in Insect Immunity - p. 33 9. Chapter Three: The Melanization Response in Insect Immunity - p. 82 10. Chapter Four: Microbiota, Gut Physiology, and Insect Immunity - p. 109 11. Chapter Five: Intestinal Stem Cells: A Decade of Intensive Research in Drosophila and the Road Ahead - p. 138 12. Chapter Six: Insect Symbiosis and Immunity: The Bean Bug–Burkholderia Interaction as a Case Study - p. 178 13. Chapter Seven: Exploiting Innate Immunity for Biological Pest Control - p. 197 14. Chapter Eight: Immunology of Insect Vectors: Midgut Interactions of Sandflies and Tsetse with Kinetoplastid Parasites as a Paradigm for Establishing Infection - p. 230
