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Drosophila parasitoids go to space: Unexpected effects of spaceflight on hosts and their parasitoids - Drosophila data

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In this study, fruit flies and their parasitic wasps were sent to the ISS to examine changes in host immunity and parasite virulence.

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Key findings from this work are as follows: (a) Spaceflight spiked the expression of inflammation genes in fruit flies; (b) Spaceflight enhanced tumor growth in flies already suffering from chronic inflammation; (c) Spaceflight did not significantly affect parasitic wasp development, emergence, or the expression of virulence genes; (d) Parasite mutants with visible wing color and shape alterations were obtained.

This study contains Drosophila melanogaster data. The Leptopilina heterotoma14 data is deposited in OSD-609, osdr.nasa.gov/bio/repo/data/studies/OSD-609, and the Leptopilina boulardi17 data is deposited in OSD-610, osdr.nasa.gov/bio/repo/data/studies/OSD-610.

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