Immune response to parasitic attack: Evolution of a pulsed character

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 281-290

  Frank, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPIRICISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0036428783     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3122     Document Type: Article

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