New understanding of how insects fight, succumb to or transmit infections
Researchers have discovered that the immune and circulatory systems are integrated in insects.
Biologists have found solid proof that among the insect tree of life, the relationship between the immune and circulatory systems is consistent. The discovery will help researchers understand how insects -- including the relatively few that spread disease to animals or agricultural crops -- fight, succumb to or transmit infections.
The U.S. National Science Foundation-funded research was published in the journal Science Advances.
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