2023 journal article

Understanding Crassostrea virginica tolerance of Perkinsus marinus through global gene expression analysis

Frontiers in Genetics.

By: D. Proestou*, M. Sullivan*, K. Lundgren*, T. Ben-Horin*, E. Witkop* & K. Hart*

TL;DR: Results were consistent with the network analysis, but signals for “programmed cell death” and serine protease inhibitors were stronger in one tolerant family than the other, suggesting that there are multiple avenues for disease tolerance. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

Disease tolerance, a host's ability to limit damage from a given parasite burden, is quantified by the relationship between pathogen load and host survival or reproduction. Dermo disease, caused by the protozoan parasite