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Agriculture · Q356

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 356

Q356

Vitamins absent in insect body system

A.
A and B
B.
A and D
C.
C and K
D.
D and K
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
Vitamins absent in the insect body system are D and K.
Most insects derive their B vitamin requirements from the diet, microbial symbionts, or a combination of these complementary sources. Exceptionally, the genomes of a few insects bear genes in vitamin B5 (pantothenate) and B7 (biotin) synthesis, horizontally acquired from bacteria.
But they lack vitamin D and K in their bodies.