Did the molecules of adaptive immunity evolve from the innate immune system?

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 338-346

  Bartl, Simona ^a   Baish, Meredith ^b   Weissman, Irving L ^c   Diaz, Marilyn ^d  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042704698     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/43.2.338     Document Type: Conference Paper

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