Which of the Following Must Take Place for a B

question 115

Multiple Choice

Which of the following must take place for a B cell to become an antibody-secreting plasma cell?

• A) Clonal anergy
• B) Binding to the antigen by a helper T cell that has the same specificity as the B cell
• C) The production of IgE
• D) The production of IgG
• E) Activation of Class I MHC proteins

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Definitions:

Incomplete Dominance

Incomplete dominance is a genetic situation in which neither allele is dominant, resulting in an offspring with a phenotype that is a blend of the parental traits.

Codominance

A genetic scenario where two alleles are both expressed equally in the phenotype of the heterozygote, instead of one being dominant over the other.

Epistasis

A genetic interaction where the effect of one gene is modified by one or several other genes, which can mask or suppress the expression of the first gene.

Test Cross

A genetic experiment involving the breeding of an individual of unknown genotype with a homozygous recessive individual, to determine the unknown genotype.