Mary Jones, Richard Fosbery, Dennis Taylor and, Jennifer Gregory Solutions for Chapter: Immunity, Exercise 5: Questions
Mary Jones Biology Solutions for Exercise - Mary Jones, Richard Fosbery, Dennis Taylor and, Jennifer Gregory Solutions for Chapter: Immunity, Exercise 5: Questions
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Questions from Mary Jones, Richard Fosbery, Dennis Taylor and, Jennifer Gregory Solutions for Chapter: Immunity, Exercise 5: Questions with Hints & Solutions
Some people say that in an immune response a pathogen chooses the lymphocytes that will destroy them. Do you agree?
The receptors on the surface of the mature B cells illustrated in the above figure are not drawn to scale. Receptors on cell surfaces are not visible at this magnification but can be shown in diagrams like this. Discuss why each clone only has one type of B cell receptor.
Analogies are often useful in science. An analogy is used to try to explain an unfamiliar topic by comparing it to something that is more familiar, for example, the action of the heart is often compared with a pump. Try to think of an analogy to explain clonal selection.
Looking at the above figure, explain why only cells in clone Y have responded to the antigen.
