clonal selection

English

Noun

clonal selection (plural clonal selections)

1. (immunology) 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. [From the 1950s.]

Related terms

• clonal expansion

Translations

immunological process

• Hungarian: klonális szelekció