Parasitoids of Drosophila. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Geneviève Prévost.
• Other Names: Prévost, Geneviève
• Contents: Front Cover; Advances in Parasitology; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Section I: Ecology of Drosophila Parasitoids; Chapter 1: Ecology and Life History Evolution of Frugivorous Drosophila Parasitoids; 1.1. Distribution, Community Structure and Ecological Interactions; 1.2. Drosophila Parasitoid Life Histories; 1.3. Geographical Differentiation and Local Adaptation; 1.4. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 2: Decision-Making Dynamics in Parasitoids of Drosophila; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Levels of Plasticity; 2.3. Relative Value of Hosts and Patches. 2.4. Host Patch Detection2.5. Prepatch Experience and (Initial) Leaving Tendency; 2.6. The Effects of Intrapatch Experience; 2.7. The Patch-Leaving Decision; 2.8. Genetic Differences in Searching Behavior; 2.9. Predation and Starvation; 2.10. Prospects and Implications; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3: Dynamic Use of Fruit Odours to Locate Host Larvae: Individual Learning, Physiological State and Genetic Variability as Adaptive Mechanisms; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. General Material and Methods; 3.3. Dynamics of Odour Memory Displayed In Odour Choices. 3.4. Dynamics of Odour Memory Displayed in Probing Behavior3.5. Motivation Influences the Learned Searching Responses; 3.6. Genetic Variability of the Learned Searching Response; 3.7. Probing In Response to Fruit Odour: When Is It Adaptive?; 3.8. General Discussion and Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Section II: The Physiology Andgenetics of Immunityrelationships Betweenparasitoids and Theirdrosophila Hosts; Chapter 4: Role of Melanization and Cytotoxic By-Products in the Cellular Immune Responses of DrosophilaAgainst Parasitic Wasps; 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Hemocyte-Mediated Encapsulation4.3. Melanization During the Drosophila Cellular Immune Reaction; 4.4. Cytotoxic Molecules Associated with Melanization; 4.5. The Prevention of Phenoloxidase Activity by Parasitoid Virulence Factors; 4.6. Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: Virulence Factors and Strategies of Leptopilina spp.: SelectiveResponses in Drosophila Hosts; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. The Host Range of L. Boulardi and L. Heterotoma; 5.3. Origin of L. Heterotoma/L. Victoriae VLPs and their Effects on Host Hemocytes. 5.4. Host Gene Expression Changes after L. Boulardi and L. Heterotoma Infection5.5. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6: Variation of Leptopilina boulardiSuccess in Drosophila Hosts:What is Inside the Black Box?; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Dissection of the Natural Variation of Encapsulation; 6.3. Host Resistance: Origin of Variation; 6.4. Parasitoid Virulence: Origin of Variation; 6.5. Discussion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7: Immune Resistance ofDrosophila Hosts AgainstAsobara Parasitoids:Cellular Aspects; 7.1. Introduction.
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiii, 381, [8] pages of plates), illustrations (some color), maps
• Subjects: 595.774; Drosophila -- Parasites; Parasitoids; Microbiology; Parasitic diseases -- Periodicals; Parasitoids -- Behavior; Parasitology -- Periodicals; Parasitology; NATURE -- Animals -- Insects & Spiders; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Entomology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080888323; 0080888321
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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