The particulate basis of the resistance of a parasitoid to the defence reactions of its insect host
- 1 August 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences
- Vol. 205 (1159) , 267-270
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1979.0064
Abstract
Small, membrane-bound particles, about 130 nm in diameter, have been isolated from that region of the genital tract of the ichneumon Nemeritis known as the calyx. These particles have been shown to possess the ability to confer resistance to encapsulation by Ephestia, the natural host of Nemeritis, upon a surface which would otherwise be encapsulated.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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