Rebecca L. Tarnopol

Horizontal gene transfer rivals gene duplication as a source of anti-parasitoid immune innovation in the Drosophilidae

Macroparasites are among the most important agents of natural selection in their host populations, but anti-macroparasite immunity is poorly understood. Vinegar flies (Drosophilidae) and the parasitoid wasps that infect them are emerging models to study how animals defend against macroparasite attack. The canonical ant...