Which are characteristics of clonal selection?
A)The process is driven by hormones and does not require foreign antigens.
B)The process involves antigens selecting those lymphocytes with compatible receptors.
C)The process takes place in the primary (central) lymphoid organs (i.e., thymus and bone marrow).
D)The process generates immature but immunocompetent T and B cells with receptors.

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Clonal selection, during which antigen selects those lymphocytes with compatible receptors, expands their population, and causes differentiation into antibody-secreting plasma cells or mature T cells (Table 7-6).

Which Are Characteristics of Clonal Selection