Identify the parasitic adaptations in Taenia solium from the following.
A. Cuticle
B. Facultative anaerobic respiration
C. Tegument
D. Polyembryony
E. Obligatory anaerobic respiration
F. Antienzymes

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B, C and F

A, E and F

C, E and F

D, E and F

answer is C.

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The parasitic adaptations in Taenia solium are

Anchoring: The tapeworm has a specialized organ called the scolex, which is equipped with hooks and suckers that allow it to anchor itself firmly to the intestinal lining.

Protective Cuticle: Syncytial tegument to withstand the action of the digestive enzymes of the host.

Obligatory anaerobic respiration: Obligate anaerobes, which live only in the absence of oxygen, do not possess the defenses that make aerobic life possible and therefore cannot survive in air.

Anti enzyme: Produces anti enzyme to neutralize the effect of host's digestive enzymes.

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