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020			_a9781402056765 _9978-1-4020-5676-5
024	7		_a10.1007/1-4020-5676-1 _2doi
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072		7	_aMED044000 _2bisacsh
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100	1		_aUlvestad, Elling. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDefending Life _h[electronic resource] : _bThe Nature of Host-Parasite Relations / _cby Elling Ulvestad.
264		1	_aDordrecht : _bSpringer Netherlands, _c2007.
300			_aXIX, 241 p. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0		_aTracks of thought -- Immunobiology -- Adaptive plasticity -- Natura naturans -- Disabled defences.
520			_aDefending Life discusses the relationship between hosts and parasites. A major contention of the book is that the immune system depends ontologically on the ecosystem in which it is embedded; it would not have the features it has if it was not related in one way or other to parasitic agents and to the host’s own cells and tissues. To sustain the argument, life is investigated at all layers – from molecules up through cells, organisms and ecosystems. Together with the inverse course, which goes from ecological contingencies down to gene-expression profiles, the approach facilitates an advanced understanding of immunocompetence as well as its converse, immunoincompetence. The emphasis on analytical abstractions, coherent patterns and generative mechanisms makes possible the distinction between genuine causality and coincidental associations, and thus increases the understanding of why we observe what we observe. The book contains detailed descriptions of the immune system and the microbial world as well as methodological and conceptual clarifications. "The book is highly recommended to those who want to dig into the scientific challenges involved in understanding the complex demands and tasks that nature had bestowed the immune system. " Professor Roland Jonsson The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Norway.
650		0	_aMedicine.
650		0	_aImmunology.
650		0	_aMedical microbiology.
650		0	_aBiology _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aLife sciences.
650	1	4	_aBiomedicine.
650	2	4	_aImmunology.
650	2	4	_aLife Sciences, general.
650	2	4	_aMedical Microbiology.
650	2	4	_aPhilosophy of Biology.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9781402056758
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5676-1
912			_aZDB-2-SBL
950			_aBiomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)
999			_c503777 _d503777