English Explanatory Dictionary

clonal selection

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process by which a specific antigen only activates its counter-specific lymphocyte, usually a B cell, so that particular cell is induced to produce many clones of itself for antibody production.

Word forms

clonal selection clonal selections

Related words

clonal expansion
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