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Thomas Pradeu

Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueORCID 0000-0002-6590-3281Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Beneficial microbes may have favoured the evolution of adaptive immunity

Lucas Mathieu, Thomas Pradeu, Richard A. R. Watson, Kevin N. Laland

This study uses simulations to show that beneficial microbes, rather than parasites, drive the evolution and maintenance of adaptive immunity by reducing selection pressure on innate immunity.

bioRxiv · Mar 25, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology