Biology: Concepts and Applications (MindTap Course List)
Biology: Concepts and Applications (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305967335
Author: Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 34, Problem 12SA
Summary Introduction

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Adaptive immunity is defined as a tailor-made defense mechanism that is used in the against of a specific pathogen as the organism encounters them during the lifetime. Adaptive immunity is either antibody-mediated or cell-mediated.

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