Amphioxus Immunity

Amphioxus Immunity: Tracing the Origin of Human Immunity covers a remarkable range of information about Amphioxus and its evolutionary context. This compilation of what is currently known about Amphioxus, with a sharp focus on its immune system, includes 13 topics, such as:- Amphioxus as a model for understanding the evolution of vertebrates- basic knowledge of immunology- immune organs and cells of amphioxus- a genomic and transcriptomic view of the Amphioxus immunity- pattern recognition syste