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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.
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Hildemann, W., Raison, R., Cheung, G. et al. Immunological specificity and memory in a scleractinian coral. Nature 270, 219–223 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/270219a0
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