The Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC)

question 17

Multiple Choice

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC)

• A) kills the target cell by disrupting its metabolism.
• B) produces antibodies in lymph glands.
• C) is a group of genes that codes for CD4 markers.
• D) is a membrane protein that can display foreign antigens.
• E) is the antigen found on bacteria that stimulates an immune response.

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Definitions:

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding them together and dividing by the total number of values.

Degrees of Freedom

The count of separate values or quantities that a statistical distribution can possess.

Distribution

In statistics, it describes the way in which something is shared out among a group or spread over an area, particularly the way that values of a variable or dataset are spread or dispersed.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points, calculated as the average squared deviation from the mean.