Principles of Biology
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Chapter 40.3, Problem 1TYK
Summary Introduction
Introduction:
A lymphocyte is a type of white blood cell in vertebrate immune system. The lymphocytes arise from mitosis of stem cells in bone marrow. Some of these lymphocytes migrate to thymus which becomes T cells and cirucaltes in the blood.
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