Immune cells are under evolutionary pressure due to their anti-infective defence role. Here Salvador-MartÃnez and Murga-Moreno et al. combine population genetics approaches and Human Cell Atlas data, to quantify the adaptation of human immune cell types and suggest high adaptation rates in tissue-resident cells at the frontline of infections.
- Irepan Salvador-MartÃnez
- Jesus Murga-Moreno
- Holger Heyn