Campbell Biology in Focus (2nd Edition)
Campbell Biology in Focus (2nd Edition)
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780321962751
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 35.1, Problem 3CC
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Why insect species differ in whether they can initiate an innate immune response to a wasp egg. When parasitic wasps inject their eggs into the larvae of other insects (hosts), the host’s immune system does not always kill the wasp egg. In some instances, the wasp egg hatches and the wasp larva devours the host larva as food.

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Parasitic wasp is a parasite which lays its eggs in the body of caterpillars of other insect species. The immune system of the host sometimes recognizes the wasp egg and initiates an immune response that may ultimately kill the wasp egg. Sometimes, however, the host’s immune response does not recognize the wasp egg, and when the wasp egg eventually develops into the larval form, the hatched wasp larvae kill the host larvae.

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