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How frequently are insects wounded in the wild? A case study using
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- Insect immunity in the Anthropocene.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025Review
- Juvenile responses to immune challenges are not carried through to subsequent life stages in an insect.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Naturally occurring viruses ofProceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Feeding ecology and behavioral adaptations shape injury patterns in central European ants.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Wounding occurs across multicellular organisms. Wounds can affect host mobility and reproduction, with ecological consequences for competitive interactions and predator-prey dynamics. Wounds are also entry points for pathogens. An immune response is activated upon injury, resulting in the deposition of the brown-black pigment melanin in insects. Despite the abundance of immunity studies in the laboratory and the potential ecological and evolutionary implications of wounding, the prevalence of wounding in wild-collected insects is rarely systematically explored. We investigated the prevalence and potential causes of wounds in wild-collected Drosophilidae flies. We found that 31% of
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