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Scientific literature on the evolutionary origin of the immune system
This is the list of books, textbook chapters, and articles that were presented to Defense expert Michael Behe during cross-examination in the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District trial about the constitutionality of teaching "intelligent design." The cross-examination was conducted by Pepper-Hamilton attorney Eric Rothschild. Behe summarily dismissed the mass of scientific literature on the evolution of the immune system, despite the fact that it contradicted his previous assertion that the scientific community had "no answers" on the question. This episode was cited in Judge Jones's ruling against intelligent design, and various press accounts.
- Sections: Books — Textbook chapters — Articles — Note
See also: Annotated Bibliography | Long Unannotated Bibliography
Books
Beck, G., Cooper, E. L., Habicht, G. S. and Marchalonis, J. J., eds. (1994). Primordial Immunity: Foundations for the Vertebrate Immune System. New York, The New York Academy of Sciences. (Library | PubMed | Amazon | Google Print)
Du Pasquier, L. and Litman, G. W., eds. (2000). Origin and Evolution of the Vertebrate Immune System. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. Berlin, Springer. (Library | Amazon | Google Print)
Hoffman, J. A., Janeway, C. A. and Natori, S., eds. (1994). Phylogenetic Perspectives in Immunity: The Insect Host Defense. Austin, R. G. Landes Company. (Library | Amazon | Google Print)
Kelsoe, G. and Schulze, D. H., eds. (1987). Evolution and Vertebrate Immunity: The Antigen-Receptor and MHC Gene Families. Austin, University of Texas Press. (Library | Amazon | Google Print)
Manning, M. J., ed. (1980). Phylogeny of Immunological Memory. Developments in Immunology. Amsterdam, Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press. (Library | Amazon | Google Print)
Marchalonis, J. J. (1976). Immunity in Evolution. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press. (Library | Amazon | Google Print)
Síma, P. and Vetvicka, V. (1990). Evolution of Immune Reactions. Boca Raton, CRC Press. (Library | Amazon | Google Print)
Stewart, J. (1994). The Primordial VRM System and the Evolution of Vertebrate Immunity. Austin, R. G. Landes. (Library | Amazon | Google Print)
Vetvicka, V. and Síma, P. (1998). Evolutionary Mechanisms of Defense Reactions. Basel, Birkhäuser Verlag. (Library | Amazon | Google Print)
Vetvicka, V., Síma, P., Cooper, E. L., Bilej, M. and Roch, P. (1994). Immunology of Annelids. Boca Raton, CRC Press. (Library | Amazon | Google Print)
Warr, G. W. and Cohen, N., eds. (1991). Phylogenesis of Immune Functions. Boca Raton, CRC Press. (Library | Amazon | Google Print)
Textbook chapters
Flajnik, M. F., Miller, K. and Du Pasquier, L. (2003). "Evolution of the Immune System." Fundamental Immunology. Edited by W. E. Paul. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: 519-570. (Library | Amazon | Google Print)
Klein, J. (1986). "Evolution of Mhc." Natural History of the Major Histocompatibility Complex. New York, John Wiley & Sons: 715-762. (Library | Google Print)
Síma, P. and Vetvicka, V. (1992). "Evolution of Immune Accessory Functions." Immune System Accessory Cells. Edited by L. Fornusek and P. Síma. Boca Raton, CRC Press: 1-55. (Library | Amazon | Google Print)
Articles
Agrawal, A., Eastman, Q. M. and Schatz, D. G. (1998). "Transposition mediated by RAG1 and RAG2 and its implications for the evolution of the immune system." Nature 394(6695): 744-751. (PubMed | DOI | Journal | Google Scholar)
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Du Pasquier, L. (2001). "The immune system of invertebrates and vertebrates." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 129(1): 1-15. (PubMed | DOI | Journal | Google Scholar)
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Note
During his direct testimony, Plaintiffs' expert Kenneth Miller highlighted eight articles on the development and confirmation of the transposon hypothesis for the evolutionary origin of the adaptive immune system. During the cross-examination of Michael Behe, Miller's list was given to Michael Behe first, followed by the rest of the literature. Miller's eight articles partially overlapped with the list of 58 articles in the Behe cross-examination exhibit; they have been combined to produce the articles list above. Also, a few of the available books were not read into the record, being available only as photocopies, or difficult to explain quickly (i.e. Immunology of Annelids).