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Immunity, suicide or both? Ecological determinants for the combined evolution of anti-pathogen defense systems
BACKGROUND: Parasite-host arms race is one of the key factors in the evolution of life. Most cellular life forms, in particular prokaryotes, possess diverse forms of defense against pathogens including innate immunity, adaptive immunity and programmed cell death (altruistic suicide). Coevolution of...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4372072/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25881094 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0324-2 |