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Knowledge Check Week 5

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This is not a graded assignment; do not turn it in. You can complete this Knowledge Check to make sure you understand the content covered in class during the week. If you would like to type notes i ... nto this worksheet, follow these instructions: • From the menu bar, choose File > Make a Copy • Create a name and save it in your own Google drive folders. The Evolution of Sex; The Red Queen Introduction List types of pathogens - Bacteria - Viruses - Prions Explain the body’s three lines of defense - Physical and chemical barriers - Nonspecific defense mechanisms - Specific defense mechanisms Make connections between the immune system, hybrid (heterozygote) vigor, and mate choices Explain Ridley’s “sex as vaccination” analogy Explain the lock-and-key model for the immune response Evaluate, using scientific evidence, claims about the role of the MHC in human health and mate Choice - Inbreeding - Penguins - Red jungle fowl o Cryptic female choice Explain the relevance of the following terms: Pathogen - Bacteria, viruses and prions immune system - Recognizes and targets specific pathogens - Has a “memory” - Protects the entire body Phagocyte - Nonspecific defense mechanism Macrophage - A type of cell derived from white blood cells that takes in foreign material Natural killer cells - Able to bind to certain tumor cells and virus0infected cells without the stimulation of antigens Antigen - Toxin that induces an immune response in the body Antibody - Blood protein produced in response to counteracting an antigen ......................................................CONTINUED....................................................... [Show More]

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