Immunology

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.

R. J. Turner is the editor of Immunology: A Comparative Approach, published by Wiley.

Immunology: A Comparative Approach discusses the immunological features of a wide range of living organisms. It considers the merits of the laboratory mouse as an immunological representative; opportunities for bypassing technical obstacles in one model by using another; the immunological implications of changes in overall structure, physiology and way of life; and progress made in the study of defence mechanisms in animals and plants of commercial importance. This book is written for students and research workers with some knowledge of mainstream immunology who are curious about the advances, opportunities and challenges in comparative work.