The Interaction between Drosophila and its Microsporidian Parasite

ISBN-13: 9783838301150 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 124 str.

Roshan Kumar Vijendravarma

Opis

This monograph investigates evolution of resistance against an intracellular microsporidian parasite Tubulinosema kingi and the associated trade-offs in Drosophila melanogaster model system. Additionally, it also investigates the interactions between the host and its parasite at a physiological level. The implications of these results are further discussed in relation to other host-parasite systems and the possibility of using the system as a model insect- microsporidia system to explore ecological and evolutionary interactions in greater depth.

O autorze

An Evolutionary Biologist, currently a post-doctoral fellow at University of Lausanne, Switzerland, he completed his Ph.D at NERC-Centre for Population Biology, Imperial college London. He is a DHPA scholar and a trained microbiologist. He is mainly interested in understanding costs associated with evolution of life-history traits.