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Editorial
. 2021 Apr 19;10(4):342.
doi: 10.3390/biology10040342.

Ancient Immunity. Phylogenetic Emergence of Recognition-Defense Mechanisms

Loriano Ballarin  1 , Matteo Cammarata  2 , Pierangelo Luporini  3
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Editorial

Ancient Immunity. Phylogenetic Emergence of Recognition-Defense Mechanisms

Loriano Ballarin et al. Biology (Basel). .

Abstract

Although still scarcely considered by the majority of the biomedical world, invertebrates have greatly contributed to the elucidation of fundamental biological problems [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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