The evolutionary ecology of immunity
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Henry Stewart Talks,
2007.
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| Series: | Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Evolution and medicine.
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| Online Access: | https://hstalks.com/bs/140/ Series |
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Table of Contents:
- Contents: Why immune defense matters
- Asking for evolutionary reasons and constraints
- Using immune defenses is very costly for the individual
- The nature of the costs
- Differences among the sexes
- Specific defenses and their impact
- What would be the best defense
- Parasites are interfering
- The consequences for medicine.
Evolutionary considerations and the endothelium