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The central question of this research has been whether genes ancestral to those controlling the mammalian immune system exist in lower vertebrates, and if so, whether they encode functional cell surface recognition structures in these organisms.
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Danska, J.S. (1988). Molecular Approaches to Histocompatibility in Colonial Tunicates. In: Grosberg, R.K., Hedgecock, D., Nelson, K. (eds) Invertebrate Historecognition. Bodega Marine Laboratory Marine Science Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1053-2_6
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