Immunity and the invertebrates - The fabulously complex immune systems of humans and other mammals evolved over hundreds of millions of years-in sometimes surprising ways

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Beck, G [1 ]
Habicht, GS
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[1] Univ Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125 USA
[2] SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA
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10.1038/scientificamerican1196-60
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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The fabulously complex immune systems of humans and other mammals evolved over hundreds of millions of years -in sometimes surprising ways.
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