Fujian Journal of Agricultural Sciences ›› 2007, Vol. ›› Issue (4): 448-452.

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Evolution of insect immunity

ZHOU Qiong   

  1. Center Labortory of Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350003, China
  • Received:2007-09-13 Revised:2007-11-20 Online:2007-12-15 Published:2007-12-15

Abstract: The immune sytem of insect consists cellular and humoral immunity.The insect immunity at the molecular level showed its complexity.Insect’s pathogeny identification,signaling pathway and defense mechanism reveal a stark homology with mammal’s.Increasing number of studies are showing that the insect immunity has specificity,memory,and adaptation by changing their immunocytes to fend off different microbes.

Key words: insect, immunity, evolution

CLC Number: 

  • S433