Advances in parasitology. Volume 70, Parasitoids of drosophila / edited by Genevieve Prevost.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prévost, Geneviève.

Series:

Advances in parasitology ; v. 70.

Advances in parasitology ; v. 70

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parasitology.

Drosophila.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Much is known about the biology of Drosophila parasitoids, which is why they are used as a model for studying other parasitoids. This book brings together the different fields of research that can be explored, thanks to the ""Drosophila parasitoid"" model. It shows how the complementary knowledge arising from different approaches is inspiring the development of new areas of research on this biological model. It also discusses techniques and methods specifically adapted to the study of larval parasitoid species.

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

7.2. The Immune System in D. melanogaster

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

1-282-38079-6

9786612380792

0-08-088832-1

OCLC:

814418846