Selective (Toxicity/action/treatment) Means That a Given Antimicrobial Agent Is More

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Short Answer

Selective (toxicity/action/treatment) means that a given antimicrobial agent is more toxic to a pathogen than to the host being treated.

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Definitions:

Cladistic Character

A feature of organisms used in cladistics to help establish evolutionary relationships, focusing on shared derived characteristics.

Ancestral Character

a trait or characteristic that was present in the common ancestor of a group of species and may be retained or altered in its descendants.

Hair

A thin strand of keratin that grows from the skin of mammals.

Shared Homologous Structures

Anatomical features that are similar in different species due to shared ancestry, indicating evolutionary relationships.