Immunity in a variable world

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1513, 2009, Pages 15-26

  Lazzaro, Brian P ^a   Little, Tom J ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genetic variation; Genotype by environment interactions; Host pathogen interactions; Insect immunity; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROGENEITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NATURAL SELECTION; POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 58249087387     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0141     Document Type: Article

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