Mammals have Toll-like receptors (TLRs) that can recognize a kind of macromolecule that is absent from vertebrates but present in or on certain groups of pathogens, such as viral _____

A) double-stranded DNA
B) double-stranded RNA
C) glycoproteins
D) phospholipids


B

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by

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