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Toxins

Published on Dec 06, 2015

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TOXINS

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TERMINOLOGY

  • Biotoxins
  • Hemotoxins
  • Neurotoxins
  • Necrotoxins
  • Cytotoxins...
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Responses to toxins vary:
Dose
Method of exposure
Type
Individual vulnerability

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EVOLUTIONARY ARMS RACE

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Responses to "arms race"

Increased diversity of toxins
Increased toxicity

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DEFENDING AGAINST TOXINS

AVOID, NEUTRALIZE, OR PURGE
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Toxic environments

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Humans have been exposed to toxins for a long time

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Novel toxins

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Alyson Young