Darwinism and antibody diversity : A historical perspective

Research in Immunology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 199-202

  Podolsky, S H ^a   Tauber, A I ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 0030133455     PISSN: 09232494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2494(96)87220-8     Document Type: Article

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