Editorial: "Evolutionary Genetics of Insect Innate Immunity"

Genes (Basel). 2021 May 13;12(5):725. doi: 10.3390/genes12050725.

Author

Ioannis Eleftherianos¹

Affiliation

¹ Infection and Innate Immunity Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA.

Abstract

The insect innate immune system is under strong selection pressure to evolve resistance to pathogenic infections [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
Evolution, Molecular*
Host-Parasite Interactions
Immunity, Innate*
Insecta / genetics*
Insecta / immunology
Insecta / parasitology