BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
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Chapter 29, Problem 14WIO
Summary Introduction

To identify:

The ways by which natural selection favors the immune system to adjust to change against the wide variety of organisms.

Introduction:

The immune system helps to protect the body from harmful pathogens. Pathogens are disease-causing organisms that weaken our immune system.

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The ways in by which natural selection favors the pathogen that evades the immune system.

Introduction:

Pathogens are disease-causing microorganisms. They kill the cells of the immune system and weaken the immune system of the body.

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