Animal toxin

... mimicry. Both are forms of physical crypsis but camouflage is when an animal replicates the form of its surroundings, whereas, mimicry is where ... where 2 or more animals look alike and share a common defense such as a toxin or venom. A predator learning to avoid one species will benefit both ...

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No think about the cost of the assays. Raising animals vs keeping cells... But their are other reason, like the complexity of ... complex effects that cells cannot really mimick (ex: read about the botulinum toxin assay)

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... what you know about biology. I listed the following points: -Humans or animal farms that eat GM plants might be harmed by the bacterial DNA in it, or by the Bt toxin. -Insects that are not pests could be killed. Maize pollen with the toxin is blown ...

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Why do you think plants and animals have a lot in common for the bacterial toxin to be successful. Aren't they, plant infecting and animal infecting bacteria supposed to be having ...

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The most venomous animal is an insect found only in the Sinai Desert called the " Afrur " which ... in 1967 after Isreal foung numerous soldiers dead on bivouac with an unknown toxin found in their blood. This insect is so venomous that it is considered 100 times ...

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