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The origins of the adaptive immune system: whatever next?

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The discovery of a V-like Ig multigene family in the protochordate amphioxus provides new insights into the evolution of the adaptive immune response.

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Kaufman, J. The origins of the adaptive immune system: whatever next?. Nat Immunol 3, 1124–1125 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni1202-1124

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