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Insect Infection and Immunity: Evolution, Ecology, and Mechanisms - Softcover

 
9780199551361: Insect Infection and Immunity: Evolution, Ecology, and Mechanisms
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0199551367 ISBN 13: 9780199551361
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199551367
ISBN 13 
9780199551361
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
272
Editor
Rolff Jens, Reynolds Stuart