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dc.contributor.advisorBrownlie, Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorRohrscheib, Chelsie Elise
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-23T02:17:26Z
dc.date.available2018-01-23T02:17:26Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.doi10.25904/1912/288
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/365366
dc.description.abstractSymbiotic microbes are commonly found associated in higher organisms, and often have evolved to play an important role in host biology. Researchers have been studying the effects that microbial symbionts have on host physiology, their effects on host nutrition or protection against pathogenic microbial infections, but have recently begun to examine how they influence the brain and behaviour. Wolbachia pipientis, a gram-negative alpha-proteobacteria, intracellular bacterial symbiont infects approximately 40% of all insect species, including Drosophila. The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, one of the most intensively studied organisms in biology and serves as a model system for the investigation of many developmental and cellular processes common to higher eukaryotes, and is naturally infected by several strains of Wolbachia. While Wolbachia are known to infect numerous host tissues, including the brain, little research has focused on how Wolbachia affects the nervous system and behaviour of its host, despite the impact behaviour has on host fitness.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherGriffith University
dc.publisher.placeBrisbane
dc.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
dc.subject.keywordsSymbiotic microbes
dc.subject.keywordsMicrobial symbionts
dc.subject.keywordsHost physiology
dc.subject.keywordsDrosophila melanogaster
dc.subject.keywordsFruit fly
dc.subject.keywordsWolbachia Pipientis
dc.titleDetermining the Effect Wolbachia Pipientis has on Insect Neurological Function and Behaviour
dc.typeGriffith thesis
gro.facultyScience, Environment, Engineering and Technology
gro.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
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dc.contributor.otheradvisorWeible, Michael
dc.contributor.otheradvisorSwinderen, Bruno van
dc.rights.accessRightsPublic
gro.identifier.gurtIDgu1491194824557
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gro.thesis.degreelevelThesis (PhD Doctorate)
gro.thesis.degreeprogramDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
gro.departmentSchool of Natural Sciences
gro.griffith.authorRohrscheib, Chelsie


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