Evolutionary Concepts in Immunology

Immunology is a nodal subject that links many areas of biology. It permeates the biosciences, and also plays crucial roles in diagnosis and therapy in areas of clinical medicine ranging from the control of infectious and autoimmune diseases to tumour therapy. Monoclonal antibodies and small molecule...

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Main Authors: Jack, Robert. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Du Pasquier, Louis. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18667-8
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: What makes evolution tick?
  • Chapter 2: Immunity - the unicellular to metazoan transition
  • Chapter 3: Innate immunity
  • Chapter 4: The triumph of individualism: evolution of somatically generated adaptive immune systems
  • Chapter 5: The other side of the arms race
  • Chapter 6: Postface.