Immunology
A Comparative Approach

R. J. Turner (Edited by), RJ Turner (Author)

9780471944003, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 26 May 1994

250 pages
24.8 x 18.9 x 1.4 cm, 0.482 kg

How good a representative is the immune system of a laboratory mouse? How may technical obstacles in one immunological model be bypassed by using another? How much progress has been made in the study of defense mechanisms in plants and animals of commercial importance? The answers to these and numerous other questions regarding the immunological similarities which can be detected across various orders, classes, phyla and kingdoms are found in this book. Provides pertinent information on the advances, opportunities and challenges in comparative work.

Plants (J. Metraux).

Invertebrates (D. Millar & N. Ratcliffe).

Fishes (M. Manning).

Amphibians (J. Horton).

Reptiles and Birds (R. Jurd).

Mammals (R. Turner).

Index.

Subject Areas: Biology, life sciences [PS]