"Clonal Selection" and "Clonal Expansion

question 12

Multiple Choice

"Clonal selection" and "clonal expansion"

• A) implies that each individual lymphocyte produces a single antibody.
• B) describes how the adaptive immune system can produce millions of different antibodies.
• C) depends on an antibody recognizing a specific epitope.
• D) are based on random processes.
• E) All of the above

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Definitions:

Safety Inventory

Additional stock kept beyond expected demand to protect against variability in market demand or supply chain disruptions.

Normally Distributed

Refers to a probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Standard Deviation

A statistical metric that quantifies the dispersion or spread of a dataset relative to its mean, indicating consistency or variability.

Echelon Inventory

The stock held across different stages of the supply chain, considering the inventory at all levels together.