Conservation Strategies That Set Aside Ecosystems for Preservation

question 43

Multiple Choice

Conservation strategies that set aside ecosystems for preservation:

• A) are the best way to preserve an area's diversity.
• B) increase the likelihood that a given ecosystem will be exploited.
• C) decrease the number of endangered species living in that ecosystem.
• D) can only be carried out by government agencies.
• E) are impractical and not encouraged.

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Definitions:

Serum Protein Electrophoresis

A laboratory technique used to separate and analyze the proteins in blood serum, often for diagnostic purposes.

Cell-Mediated Immune Response

A component of the immune system involving the activation of certain immune cells to defend against foreign pathogens without the involvement of antibodies.

Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC)

A set of cell surface proteins essential for the immune system to recognize foreign molecules in vertebrates, which plays a critical role in immune response.

Interferons

Proteins produced by the body's cells as a defensive response to pathogens such as viruses, regulating the immune response.