Article
Immunological Diversity Is a Cornerstone of Organismal Defense and Allorecognition across Metazoa.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jan 2022
Buckley Katherine M, Dooley Helen
Abstract excerpt
The ongoing arms race between hosts and microbes has fueled the evolution of novel strategies for diversifying the molecules involved in immune responses. Characterization of immune systems from an ever-broadening phylogenetic range of organisms reveals that there are many mechanisms by which this diversity can be generated and maintained. Diversification strategies operate at the level of populations, genomes,...
Topics
- Adaptive Immunity
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Immunity, Cellular
- Invertebrates
- Receptors, Immunologic
- Vertebrates
