Publication Date:
2011-09-10
Description:
Manipulation of host behavior by parasites and pathogens has been widely observed, but the basis for these behaviors has remained elusive. Gypsy moths infected by a baculovirus climb to the top of trees to die, liquefy, and "rain" virus on the foliage below to infect new hosts. The viral gene that manipulates climbing behavior of the host was identified, providing evidence of a genetic basis for the extended phenotype.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hoover, Kelli -- Grove, Michael -- Gardner, Matthew -- Hughes, David P -- McNeil, James -- Slavicek, James -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2011 Sep 9;333(6048):1401. doi: 10.1126/science.1209199.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Entomology and Center for Chemical Ecology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. kxh25@psu.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21903803" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Behavior, Animal
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Gene Deletion
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*Genes, Viral
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Glucosyltransferases/*genetics/metabolism
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Larva/physiology/virology
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Moths/*physiology/*virology
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Motor Activity
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Nucleopolyhedrovirus/*genetics/physiology
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Phenotype
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Viral Proteins/genetics/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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