T cell adaptive immunity proceeds through environment-induced adaptation from the exposure of cryptic genetic variation

Evolution is often characterized as a process involving incremental genetic changes that are slowly discovered and fixed in a population through genetic drift and selection. However, a growing body of evidence is finding that changes in the environment frequently induce adaptations that are much to...

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Main Authors: James Michael Whitacre, Joseph eLin, Angus eHarding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2012.00005/full