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How many types of B cells are produced in the process ofclonal expansion? Summarize why each is needed for a thorough andlong-lasting humoral immune response to an antigen.

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Whenever our immune system encounters an antigen it responds to the antigen by formation of B and T lymphocytes By a process of allelic exclusion each B cell is programmed to form only one class of Ig with either the kappa or lambda chain possessing specificity to a single epitope On contacting the appropriate antigen the mature B cells undergo clonal proliferation Some activated B cells become    See Answer
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