Biology A-Level
Primary immune response
What Primary immune response means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Primary immune response
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The response that follows first exposure to an antigen; it is slow because the few lymphocytes with a matching receptor must be selected, then divide and differentiate.
Topics that use Primary immune response
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