SELF AND NON-SELF. “From their earliest stages of development, animals use sophisticated mechanisms to manage their microbial environment. Physical barriers, such as capsules, chorions, and mucus, protect eggs by excluding microbes, and chemical barriers, including antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), shape the composition of the associated microbiota.”
http://www.pnas.org/content/110/9/3229.full
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022