Insect Infection and Immunity : Evolution, Ecology, and Mechanisms.
Under continual attack from both microbial pathogens and multicellular parasites, insects must cope with immune challenges every day of their lives. However, this has not prevented them from becoming the most successful group of animals on the planet. Insects possess highly-developed innate immune s...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Under continual attack from both microbial pathogens and multicellular parasites, insects must cope with immune challenges every day of their lives. However, this has not prevented them from becoming the most successful group of animals on the planet. Insects possess highly-developed innate immune systems which have been fine-tuned by an arms race with pathogens spanning hundreds of millions of years of evolutionary history. Recent discoveries are revealing both an unexpected degreeof specificity and an indication of immunological memory - the functional hallmark of vertebrate immunity. The st. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (267 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780191572975 0191572977 |