You are correct about cockroaches, which have shown specific humoral
responses and short-term cellular immune responses that exhibit memory
and specificity. The best place to start would be a general
review of insect immunity that discusses some of the earlier work.
The best people to key your search on are: My old mentor, R.D. Karp;
H. Boman, Ann Lackie, Peter Dunn. I would start with a recent review
by Karp and go from there. Good Luck.
> I am trying to answer a lab question given to me by my immunology
> professor. Until recent times it was believed that inverts were not
> capable of mounting a specific immune response. This was later disproved
> when cockroaches later displayed one. What I am suppose to find out is if
> crickets have a specific immune response and all laboratory experiments
> have told me very little. Can anyone answer this or at least tell me were
> to look.
>
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