Clonal-selection framework (Burnet 1957)

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Immunology subtree

Burnet 1957 / Talmage 1957: the immune system contains a vast pre-existing repertoire of B and T lymphocytes each bearing one antigen-receptor specificity (generated stochastically by V(D)J recombination). Antigen exposure clonally…

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