The Holobiont Imperative Perspectives from Early Emerging Animals /

This book examines how the growing knowledge of the huge range of animal-bacterial interactions, whether in shared ecosystems or intimate symbioses, is fundamentally altering our understanding of animal biology. Individuals from simple invertebrates to human are not solitary, homogenous entities but...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bosch, Thomas C. G. (Autor), Miller, David J. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Immunology.
Developmental biology.
Zoology.
Cytology.
Developmental Biology and Stem Cells.
Cell Biology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The diversity of animal life
  • 3. Origin stories
  • 4. Phylosymbiosis from Hydra to man: novel genomic approaches discover the holobiont
  • 5. Negotiations between evolving animals and symbionts
  • 6. The Hydra holobiont
  • 7. Microbes are part of the innate immune system
  • 8. Rethinking the origin of immunity
  • 9. The coral holobiont
  • 10. Are coral reefs doomed?
  • 11. Lessons from Hydra and corals
  • 12. Hidden impact of viruses.

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