Absence of conserved immune signalling pathways and increased pathogen susceptibility associated to photosymbiosis in acoels.

BACKGROUND: Host immunity plays an important role in coral symbiosis with dinoflagellates. Photosymbiosis (the association between hosts and photosynthetic endosymbionts) has evolved multiple times within animals, e.g. within acoels, which are soft-b…

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