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Transcriptomics of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) reveals that toxic host plants alter expression of detoxification genes and down-regulate a small number of immune genes

Tan WH, Acevedo T, Harris EV and others. Molecular ecology, September 2019.

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LepidopteraSecondary metabolitesImmunityCardenolidesRna-seqAsclepias

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