Naslov
Editorial overview: Evolutionary ecology of insect immunity

Autori
Armitage, Sophie A.O. ; Milutinović, Barbara

Izvornik
Current opinion in insect science (2214-5745) 53 (2022); 100948-100948

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, uvodnik, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Evolutionary ecology, ecological immunology, insect immunity

Sažetak
Why are some individuals better at defending themselves against disease compared with others? Research centering on why there is immunological variation between individuals came to the fore in the mid-90s when researchers started considering immunological questions within an evolutionary ecology framework: this became known as the field of ecological immunology. Physiological and behavioural immune defences towards pathogens and parasites are not uniform ; their quantity and quality will be determined by a multitude of factors such as the host’s genotype, life-history stage, environmental conditions, nutritional status and previous evolutionary experience with the parasite. Ecological immunology tries to understand the importance of these factors in shaping disease defences and the resulting consequences of immunological heterogeneity on both host and parasite populations. This issue of Current Opinion in Insect Science aims to provide an up-to-date overview and a look to the future for nine themes on the evolutionary ecology of insect immunity, which we have identified as some of the key current or emerging topics in the field.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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