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This is the order which includes sturgeon and paddlefish
What is Acipenseriformes
How can this research be used in Aquaculture?
It can help with disease management and improve sustainibility
This organ is a part of the innate and adaptive immune system, and is very involved in the endocrine system
What is the Head Kidney?
This is the Domain of sturgeon
This is the process that determines the order of DNA in an organism
What is Genomic Sequencing?
How can this research potentially be applied to human health?
The unique immunity genes found in sturgeons could potentially be used to create new drugs or treatments for infection
This organ is located in the pharynx and produces T-cells
What is the Thymus?
This is the Kingdom of sturgeon
What is Animalia?
This is the first line of defense in sturgeon immunity
What is the Innate immune system?
What new conservation strategies can be employed using the knowledge from this research?
What is disease prevention, habitat restoration, and genetic monitoring?
This organ consists of red and white pulp and is the main secondary lymphoid organ
What is the Spleen?
This is the Phylum of sturgeon
What is Chordata?
This acts within days to weeks after the first pathogenic contact
What is the Adaptive Immune System?
This species was specifically mentioned for conservation
What is the Beluga Sturgeon?
This tissue is similar to mammalian blood marrow
What is the Meningeal Tissue?
This is the Class of sturgeon
What is Actinopterygii?
This is the series of chemical reactions that are triggered by the detection of pathogens
What are Immune System Pathways?
Understanding the immune system of sturgeons can help with this which could lead to the desgin of better breeding programs
What is genetic diversity in sturgeon populations?
This tissue is characterized by bacteria microbiota
What is the Mucosa-associated lymphoid Tissue? (a.k.a. MALT's)
This is the Family of Sturgeon
What is Aciperseridae?