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The ecological significance of manipulative parasites.

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Invasion of the body snatchers: the diversity and evolution of manipulative strategies in host-parasite interactions.

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FOOD PLANT DERIVED DISEASE TOLERANCE AND RESISTANCE IN A NATURAL BUTTERFLY‐PLANT‐PARASITE INTERACTIONS

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The results show that monarch butterflies experience different levels of tolerance to parasitism depending on the species of milkweed that they feed on, with some species providing over twofold greater tolerance than other milkweed species, and environmental factors—such as interacting species in ecological food webs—are important drivers of disease tolerance.
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Behind the scene, something else is pulling the strings: emphasizing parasitic manipulation in vector-borne diseases.

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Genetic variation in resistance, but not tolerance, to a protozoan parasite in the monarch butterfly

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This study studied genetic variation in resistance and tolerance in the monarch butterfly to its naturally occurring protozoan parasite, Ophryocystis elektroscirrha, and found significant differences among host families in qualitative and quantitative resistance, indicating genetic variations in resistance.
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Epigenetic regulation of Plasmodium falciparum clonally variant gene expression during development in Anopheles gambiae

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The findings suggest a complex process for the activation of a single particular var gene that involves AP2 transcription factors and lncRNAs in the sporozoite of P. falciparum in the mosquito host.
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Beyond nature and nurture: phenotypic plasticity in blood-feeding behavior of Anopheles gambiae s.s. when humans are not readily accessible.

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This paradox can be interpreted as the evolution of a plastic strategy of feeding behavior in this field population of An.
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Evidence for trans-generational medication in nature.

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This work provides the first evidence of trans-generational medication, in which animals actively use medicine to mitigate disease in their offspring, and provides evidence that infected animals may indeed use medicine as a defence against parasites.
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Malaria Plasmodium agent induces alteration in the head proteome of their Anopheles mosquito host

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2‐D DIGE coupled with MS was employed to analyse and compare the head proteome of mosquitoes infected with the malarial parasite, and results indicate an altered energy metabolism in the head of sporozoite‐infected mosquitoes.
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Do distantly related parasites rely on the same proximate factors to alter the behaviour of their hosts?

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By studying and comparing the brains of infected G. insensibilis and G. pulex with proteomics tools, some of the proximate causes involved in the parasite-induced alterations of host behaviour for each system are elucidated.
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