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020			_a9780511721960 (ebook)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQR185.C4 _bS35 1970
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100	1		_aSalt, George W., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe cellular defence reactions of insects / _cby George Salt.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1970.
300			_a1 online resource (vi, 118 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge monographs in experimental biology ; _v16
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Phagocytosis -- Encapsulation -- Nodule formation -- Objects that excite cellular reactions -- The reactions of insect blood cells -- Cellular reactions and immunity -- A comparison of insect and vertebrate defence reactions -- References -- Indexes.
520			_aInsects counteract infection by a variety of reactions, partly humoral but principally cellular. This monograph considers their cellular reactions, especially the phagocytosis of micro-organisms and the encapsulation of larger parasites, from two main points of view: parasitological and cytologica. The first aspect involves description of the reactions and of their effects on parasites. This part of the subject is basic to the biological control of insect pests, because a better understanding of cellular defence reactions could lead to improved methods of using insect parasites to human advantage. The second aspect involves analysis of the stimuli that evoke cellular reactions. This part of the monograph attempts to relate the defensive activities of insect blood cells to general problems of cytology, such as the recognition of foreign bodies, the aggregation of cells and their adhesion to foreign surfaces and their extreme flattening on each other as they form capsules. Two final chapters discuss the efficiency and specificity of insect defence mechanisms and compare them with the immunity reactions of vertebrates.
650		0	_aCellular immunity.
650		0	_aInsects _xPhysiology.
650		0	_aInsects _xParasites.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521079365
830		0	_aCambridge monographs in experimental biology ; _v16.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511721960
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