Evolution of Immune Reactions

by Sima, Václav Větvička, Petr Šíma

This book on phylogeny and immunity reconstructs the history and evolutionary pathways of immunity among the various forms of life. The authors argue that the immunity could have evolved different adequately successful patterns in the animal sub-regnum which are strictly determined by the morpho-physiological possibilities of the animals. They state that the vertebrate type of immunity evolved only in the chordate branch. The publication devotes special...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849365937
• ISBN13: 9780849365935
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 10.0"