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Jawless vertebrates, which today consist entirely of lampreys and hagfish, have an adaptive immune system similar to that found in jawed vertebrates. The...

Like the innate system, the adaptive immune system includes both humoral immunity components and cell-mediated immunity components and destroys invading...

family and mediate adaptive immune responses in the jawless vertebrates, lampreys and hagfish. Adaptive immunity in jawless fish Boehm, T., McCurley...

ἀ- (a-) 'without' and γνάθος (gnáthos) 'jaws') is an infraphylum of jawless fish in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, consisting of both living...

digits. Fish can be grouped into the more basal jawless fish and the more common jawed fish, the latter including all living cartilaginous and bony fish, as...

capable of evoking a response in a limited set of circumstances. Immune organs vary by type of fish. In the jawless fish (lampreys and hagfish), true lymphoid...

claspers in males and basal plates in females—a pattern not seen in any other vertebrate group. The Osteostraci (bony armored jawless fish) are generally...

mechanisms, including the ability to adapt to recognize pathogens more efficiently. Adaptive (or acquired) immunity creates an immunological memory leading...

Fish migration is mass relocation by fish from one area or body of water to another. Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales ranging...

damage to the host's own tissue. Classical adaptive immune memory evolved in jawed vertebrates and in jawless fish (lamprey), which is approximately just...

Henneguya zschokkei in salmon beard Skin ulcers in tilapia exposed to Pfiesteria shumwayae Immune organs vary by type of fish. In the jawless fish (lampreys and...

Fish farming or pisciculture involves commercial breeding of fish, most often for food, in fish tanks or artificial enclosures such as fish ponds. It...

of vertebrates that comprises the living jawless fishes: the lampreys and hagfishes. Both groups have jawless mouths with horny epidermal structures that...

of similar size. In the case of sharks, the testes on the right side is usually larger[citation needed]. The primitive jawless fish have only a single...

/ˈlæmpreɪz/ (sometimes inaccurately called lamprey eels) are a group of jawless fish comprising the order Petromyzontiformes /ˌpɛtroʊmɪˈzɒntɪfɔːrmiːz/. The...

group in the evolutionary timeline of myelin development. Like all other jawed vertebrates, members of Chondrichthyes have an adaptive immune system...

paired fins. Its mouth is jawless, round and sucker-like, and as wide or wider than the head; sharp teeth are arranged in many concentric circular rows...

confuse predators. Reef fish have also evolved complex adaptive behaviours. Small reef fish get protection from predators by hiding in reef crevices or by...

types of lymphocyte that are crucial components of the adaptive immune system. In the vertebrate immune system, each antibody is customized to attack one particular...

IL-2/15/15L-family cytokines. Homologues of IL-2 have not been reported for jawless fish (hagfish and lamprey) or invertebrates. While the causes of itchiness...