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Why do plants lack mobile phagocytic cells?
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Why do plants lack mobile phagocytic cells?
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Plants lack active immune systems because unlike animals, they have no circulatory system in which to contain an active immune system. They do have basic defenses against pathogens but lack specialized cells to deal with pathogens.
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