The Immunology of Wild Rodents: Current Status and Future Prospects

Wild animals’ immune responses contribute to their evolutionary fitness. These responses are moulded by selection to be appropriate to the actual antigenic environment in which the animals live, but without imposing an excessive energetic demand which compromises other component of fitness. But, exa...

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Main Authors: Mark Viney, Eleanor M. Riley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01481/full