natural-selection theory of immunity
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natural-selection theory of immunity
or Jerne's theory of immunity
a theory of antibody production that postulates the spontaneous presence, in the blood of an animal, of small numbers of antibody molecules against all antigens to which the animal can respond, and delegates to the antigen the sole role of carrying such specific globulin molecules from the bloodstream into cells in which these molecules can induce proliferation of a particular antibody.
a theory of antibody production that postulates the spontaneous presence, in the blood of an animal, of small numbers of antibody molecules against all antigens to which the animal can respond, and delegates to the antigen the sole role of carrying such specific globulin molecules from the bloodstream into cells in which these molecules can induce proliferation of a particular antibody.
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