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An Introduction to Parasitic Wasps of Drosophila and the Antiparasite Immune Response
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An Introduction to Parasitic Wasps of Drosophila and the Antiparasite Immune Response

An Introduction to Parasitic Wasps of Drosophila and the Antiparasite Immune Response

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May 07, 2012

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10.3791/3347-v

DOI:
10.3791/3347-v

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13:04 min
May 07, 2012

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1Biology Department,The City College of New York, CUNY, 2The Graduate Center,The City University of New York

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Parasitoid (parasitic) wasps constitute a major class of natural enemies of many insects including Drosophila melanogaster. We will introduce the techniques to propagate these parasites in Drosophila spp. and demonstrate how to analyze their effects on immune tissues of Drosophila larvae.

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Small, C., Paddibhatla, I., Rajwani, R., Govind, S. An Introduction to Parasitic Wasps of Drosophila and the Antiparasite Immune Response. J. Vis. Exp. (63), e3347, doi:10.3791/3347 (2012).

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