Coevolutionary Networks: A Novel Approach to Understanding the Relationships of Humans with the Infectious Agents

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 415-425

  Tosta, Carlos Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Coevolutionary networks; Gene exchange; Immunoneuroendocrine system; Infectron; Microbial communities

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035318748     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000300024     Document Type: Article

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