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Sima, Petr was born on December 23, 1942 in Prague.
(This book on phylogeny and immunity reconstructs the hist...)
This book on phylogeny and immunity reconstructs the history and evolutionary pathways of immunity among the various forms of life. The authors argue that the immunity could have evolved different adequately successful patterns in the animal sub-regnum which are strictly determined by the morpho-physiological possibilities of the animals. They state that the vertebrate type of immunity evolved only in the chordate branch. The publication devotes special attention to the arthropods and molluscs, as they have attracted more investigative efforts than any other invertebrate taxa. The authors selected Agnatha, Chondrichthyes, and Osteichthyes from the vertebrate taxa in order to show where and how the morphofunctional basis of the truly adapative immunity of the endothermic tetrapods gradually evolved. Each chapter gives the description of the origin and interrelationships of the representatives of the taxon in question. Also given are the main biological, morphological, non-morphological and immune attributes. Emphasized throughout the book is the central idea that immunological reactions are a part of the overall biological phenomena and should be studied only from this aspect. The authors express that the fields of comparative and evolutionary immunology will provide inspiration for further investigations in biomedicine in the near future.
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Sima, Petr was born on December 23, 1942 in Prague.
Student, Junior College, Prague, 1960. Bachelor of Science, Charles University, Prague, 1965. Postgraduate, Academy of Sciences of Czech, Republic, 1974.
Assistant, Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Libechov, Czech Republic, 1965-1967; postdoctoral research associate Institute Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Prague, 1975-1981; senior research scientist, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Prague, since 1982. Consultant immunology Hospital Amerigo Boavida, Luanda, Angola, 1987-1988.
(This book on phylogeny and immunity reconstructs the hist...)
Member Czech Immunol. Society, Czech Biological Society, International Society of Development and Comparative Immunology.
Petr and Frantiska (Kandusova) S.