What is nutritional immunity?

a. acquired resistance to food-borne allergens
b. withholding of nutrients necessary for pathogen replication
c. the relationship between the efficacy of the immune system versus food intake
d. the body’s ability to protect itself from infection by digesting pathogens


b. withholding of nutrients necessary for pathogen replication

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The chemokine CCL2

A) attracts basophils, eosinophils, monocytes, and dendritic cells. B) stimulates production of inflammatory mediators. C) organizes an antigen specific immune response. D) attracts basophils, eosinophils, monocytes, and dendritic cells; stimulates production of inflammatory mediators; and organizes an antigen specific immune response.

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The so-called robust australopithecines are:a

the earliest members of the genus Australopithecus. b. the line that gave rise to the genus Homo. c. the hominids that developed from Ardipithecus. d. a dead-end branch in hominid evolution. e. an extinct line of hominoids that existed about 6?7 million years ago.

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Stomata open and close in response to water pressure within

A. root cells B. cell walls C. guard cells D. xylem

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Explain how various leaves have evolved to capture insects.

What will be an ideal response?

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