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Human Adaptation to Disease

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Dr Jack
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03-18-2009 1:31 PM 		Reply to: Message 11 by Taq
03-18-2009 1:19 PM

The adaptive immune system is built on top of a very important innate immune system which is still under selection.
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The adaptive immune system is also very much still under selection. Adaptive traits are still coded in genes, and the limits, means, and behaviour of their adaption can be varied by nature of these genes.
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04-10-2009 11:04 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Stagamancer
03-09-2009 8:46 PM

Further to the topic, there's been some research done on the recent evolution of the human immune system: Selection & the innate immune system
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Their work supports the view that the genetic basis of the immune system varies according to the local environment.
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