“Self-recognition” in colonial marine forms and flowering plants in relation to the evolution of immunity
FM Burnet - Nature, 1971 - nature.com
FM Burnet
Nature, 1971•nature.comCompatibility in colonial tunicates and coelenterates and self-incompatibility in flowering
plants are primitive examples of “self” and “not-self” recognition which are not analogous to
the immunological processes of vertebrates and which shed light on the way in which
adaptive immunity may have evolved.
plants are primitive examples of “self” and “not-self” recognition which are not analogous to
the immunological processes of vertebrates and which shed light on the way in which
adaptive immunity may have evolved.
Abstract
Compatibility in colonial tunicates and coelenterates and self-incompatibility in flowering plants are primitive examples of “self” and “not-self” recognition which are not analogous to the immunological processes of vertebrates and which shed light on the way in which adaptive immunity may have evolved.
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