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Clonal selection is responsible for the proliferation of clones of effector and memory cells specific for an encountered antigen

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Antigen presentation is essential for the activation and clonal selection of?

T cells


What area is antigen challenge and clonal selection most likely to occur?

Lymph node


What nonlymphocyte cell is a central actor in clonal selection?

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What is the basis of immunological memory?

Clonal selection and differentiation of lymphocytes provide the basis for immunological memory.


What is clonal selection theory?

Te most important advance towards our understanding of the cellular basis of antibody response was provided by the clone selection theory by Mac Farlane Burnet in 1957.


In clonal selection of b cells which substance is responsible for determining which cells will eventually become cloned?

there are 100,000 antibodies on the surface of b-cells which are specific for particular type of antigen therefore if specific antibody recognize the particular type antigen then it attach with it and activated.


Is natural selection responsible for inherited traits?

no, inherited traits are responsible for natural selection


According to the clonal selection theory foreign antigens select and interact with surface receptors only on the membranes of those specific lymphocytes that are genetically capable of making antibod?

False


What does natural selection have to do with biodiversity?

Natural selection is the mechanism primarily responsible for the development of today's biodiversity.


What is clonal propagation?

Clonal proliferation is the concept of daughter cells arising from one cell originally. This means they all share the same antigen specificity.


Which cells exhibit clonal diversity?

Human cells that exhibit clonal diversity are the T and B lymphocytes which are important cells of the immune response.


What is another word for micropropagation?

Clonal Propagation