CRISPR Is Viewed as the Adaptive Immune System of Bacteria

question 36

Essay

CRISPR is viewed as the adaptive immune system of bacteria, yet restriction/modification systems also play roles in bacterial defense. Compare and contrast how both systems protect the host.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with an unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Response

An automatic response established by training to an ordinarily neutral stimulus.

Little Albert

An experiment in classical conditioning where a child was conditioned to fear a white rat, demonstrating how fears can be acquired through conditioning.

Instincts

Innate, typically fixed patterns of behavior in animals in response to certain stimuli.