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Enhancement of larval immune system traits as a correlated response to selection for rapid development in Drosophila melanogaster

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Acknowledgements

We thank N. Rajanna and M. Manjesh for assistance in the laboratory. PD was supported by a Research Associateship from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR). KM was supported by a fellowship through the Project Oriented Biology Education programme of the JNCASR. The work was supported in part by funds from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Preparation of the manuscript was supported in part by a J. C. Bose National fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to AJ.

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    PUNYATIRTHA DEY, KANIKA MENDIRATTA, JOY BOSE & AMITABH JOSHI

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[Dey P., Mendiratta K., Bose J. and Joshi A. 2016 Enhancement of larval immune system traits as a correlated response to selection for rapid development in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Genet. 95, xx–xx]

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DEY, P., MENDIRATTA, K., BOSE, J. et al. Enhancement of larval immune system traits as a correlated response to selection for rapid development in Drosophila melanogaster . J Genet 95, 719–723 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-016-0659-5

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