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ArticleScience advances2025

Fruit flies exploit behavioral fever as a defense strategy against parasitic insects.

Yifeng Sheng, Zixuan Xu, Yang Li, Jiani Chen, Lan Pang, Yueqi Lu, Zhi Dong, Qichao Zhang, Junwei Zhang, Ting Feng and 5 more

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. PGE2 modulation of stimulus valence directs zebrafish behavioral fever.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Yifeng ShengZhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2189-3330
Zixuan XuZhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0009-0007-2713-573X
Yang LiZhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2530-7167
Jiani ChenZhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3161-8519
Lan PangZhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1763-3392
Yueqi LuZhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9765-7532
Zhi DongZhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3179-5614
Qichao ZhangZhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3239-1275
Junwei ZhangZhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7912-8485
Ting FengZhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0009-0007-6156-6752
Wenqi ShiZhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0009-0002-8582-3438
Ying WangZhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0009-0001-1565-7393
Xuexin ChenZhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9109-8853
Xing-Xing ShenZhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5765-1419
Jianhua HuangZhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6509-1765

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Behavioral fever, a thermoregulatory response in which ectothermic animals seek warmer environments to elevate body temperature and combat parasite infections, is well documented against microparasites. However, its role and mechanisms against macroparasites remain largely unknown. Here, we show that

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Behavior, AnimalDrosophilaDrosophila melanogasterHost-Parasite InteractionsWaspsAnimalsAntimicrobial PeptidesBody Temperature RegulationDrosophila ProteinsHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsAntimicrobial PeptidesDrosophila ProteinsHSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins

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PMID40498848
PMCPMC12154181

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