Immunity : the evolution of an idea / Alfred I. Tauber.
Tauber, Alfred I.
QR181 .T37 2017eb
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Title Immunity : the evolution of an idea / Alfred I. Tauber.
Author Tauber, Alfred I.
ISBN 9780190651251 (electronic book)
0190651253 (electronic book)
9780190651275 (electronic book)
019065127X
Copyright New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xx, 303 pages)
Call Number QR181 .T37 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 616.07/9
Summary "Immunity mediates both defensive and cooperative relations with the environment. Therefore, the traditional focus on host defense misconstrues the full spectrum of immune activities. An alternate model based on immune balance highlights the information processing of immune perception that precedes discriminatory decisions -- to reject, assimilate, or ignore the identified object"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Chapter 1. A History of the Immune Self
Chapter 2. Whither Immune Identity?
Chapter 3. Individuality Revised
Chapter 4. Immune Cognition
Chapter 5. Eco-immunology
Chapter 6. A New Biology?

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