Evolutionary Mechanisms of Defense Reactions

by Václav Větvička, Vaaclav Veetviecka, Voaclav Vuetviucka

Book Overview

At present, we do not fully understand at what stage of the evolution of living matter the first traces of defense reactions occurred. We even do not fully understand how and why immune systems reached their contem- porary state in advanced vertebrates and man. It may be expected that in the near future these questions will be answered by comparative and develop- mental biology. Together with an extraordinary explosion of our knowledge about immunity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034897936
• ISBN13: 9783034897938
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"