title: Immunological specificity and memory in a scleractinian coral.
abstract: Tissue transplantation immunity with a specific memory component is demonstrated in populations of Montipora. This highly discriminating immunoreactivity derives from extensive allogeneic polymorphism of histocompatibility (H) markers. An H system of immunorecognition is postulated to have originated in multicellular invertebrates probably beginning with coelenterates.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000276:immunology*; D000939:Epitopes; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens