ex5: Biron 2006 Flashcards
1
Q
what is the title?
A
suicide of crickets harbouring hairworms
2
Q
what was the cricket species?
A
N.sylvestris
3
Q
what was identified in the head of the cricket?
A
biochemical alterations when it is driven to water by hairworm parasite
4
Q
what family of molecules does the parasite produce and what do they act on and what does this lead to?
A
Wnt family
act on development of CNS
- leads to direct alteration of host behaviour
5
Q
in the head of the manipulated cricket what was differentially expressed?
A
proteins linked to neurogenesis, circadian rhythm
6
Q
what do adult hairworms seek water?
A
parasite mating and early development occurs here
7
Q
what was inhibited in the crickets head?
A
apoptosis
8
Q
what was overexpressed in the cricket?
A
brain cells
