a) Describe the procedure used in Immunotaxonomy
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The proposed use of immuno-taxonomy of brachiopod shells for the reconstruction of brachiopod phylogeny is analysed for its possible contribution to genealogical systematics and for the validity of its principal conceptual and methodological foundations. It is concluded that brachiopod immuno-taxonomy, as so far described, departs from important norms of immuno-taxonomic and scientific procedures and can be of only limited utility in systematics.
Proceedure in Immunotaxonomy:
Immunological techniques are the process which compares the immunological differences between the different species of the animals.
The procedure which is used to study the immunotaxonomy of the animals are as follows,
Ouchterlony diffusion method- This is the method where small amounts of antigen and antibody are used to defuse through the agar gels.When the reaction of the antigen and antibody occurs then a line of precipitation arc was formed but when the dissimilar sample taken the arc will not form.
Immunoelectrophoresis- This is not the common method to use as precipitation arc will form from the mixture of the antigen and the antibody so it is difficult to understand the correct pair.