Adaptive defenses

A) involve immunological surveillance.
B) protect against particular threats.
C) do not distinguish between one threat and another.
D) are not dependent on the activities of lymphocytes.
E) are present at birth.


B) protect against particular threats.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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