Evolutionary Mechanisms of Defense Reactions

Buch | Softcover

XI, 201 Seiten

2012 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Springer Basel (Verlag)
978-3-0348-9793-8 (ISBN)

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At present, we do not fully understand at what stage of the evolution of living matter the first traces of defense reactions occurred. We even do not fully understand how and why immune systems reached their contem porary state in advanced vertebrates and man. It may be expected that in the near future these questions will be answered by comparative and develop mental biology. Together with an extraordinary explosion of our knowledge about immunity of mammals including man, an increase in the interests concerning origin and development of immune mechanisms at lower stages of the phylogeny can be observed. The search for simple types of immune mechanisms in less complex but still evolutionary successful animals is promising and may contribute to better understanding of highly complex immune adaptive responses in mammals. It is important to note that comparative and evolutionary immunology differs greatly from other branches of biomedical science. Apart from immunology and molecular biology, a specialist in this discipline has to be familiar with every detail of taxonomy, comparative anatomy, physiology, embryology, and even with the phyletic relationships of animals. Probably no monography could deal with the entire animal kingdom, because, in many cases, the insights into questions about immune mecha nisms of many animal groupings or phyla, and their possible evolutionary implications, are unknown or just now beginning to take shape. For the moment, our knowledge on such matters relies upon reconstructions of ideas that we have deduced from studies on members of relative taxa.

References.- Animals at the cell-aggregate body organization.- Porifera.- Diblastic animals.- Coelenterata.- Protostomes.- Annelida.- Arthropoda.- Chelicerata.- Crustacea.- Insecta.- Mollusca.- Deuterostomes.- Echinodermata.- Chordates/Urochordata.- Chordates/Vertebrates/Agnatha.- Chordates/Vertebrates/Chondrichthyes.- Chordates/Vertebrates /Osteichthyes.- General conclusions.- References.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.10.2012
Reihe/Serie	Advances in Life Sciences
Zusatzinfo	XI, 201 p.
Verlagsort	Basel
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	381 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
Schlagworte	Biology • Defense Mechanism • Development • Evolution • evolutionary biology • immune system • immunology • Pathology
ISBN-10	3-0348-9793-6 / 3034897936
ISBN-13	978-3-0348-9793-8 / 9783034897938
Zustand	Neuware