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THERE is increasing evidence that inducible immunity may be demonstrated in several invertebrate species using appropriate methods. The bactericidal system1,2 seems to occupy an important position in the phylogenetic emergence of inducible immunity. Such responses and others have been reviewed recently2,3.
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EVANS, E., WEINHEIMER, P., ACTON, R. et al. Induced Bactericidal Response in a Sipunculid Worm. Nature 222, 695 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222695a0
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