One of the results of sexual reproduction is genetic diversity (differences in genes, DNA, traits, characteristics, etc.). Why is it important that genetic diversity occurs through sexual reproduction?

True or false mucous membranes destroy pathogens on the outer body surface, at body openings.

[120 total points] (public health) in one of the largest human experiments ever conducted, in 1954 a randomized controlled trial was run to see whether a vaccine developed by a doctor named jonas salk was effective in preventing paralytic polio. a total of 401,974 children (ages 6–9), chosen to be representative of those who might be susceptible to the disease, were randomized to two groups: 200,745 children (the control group c) were injected with a harmless saline solution (a placebo) and the other 201,229 children (the treatment group t) were injected with salk’s vaccine.what was the point of giving saline solution to the children who didn’t get the vaccine? explain briefly.

You are awaiting the white blood cell differential results for a patient who presented with a ruptured appendix and peritonitis. which type of leukocyte do you expect to be most elevated over its normal value?