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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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