Biology of the B Lymphocyte Review: .B cells can develop a vast repertoire of antigenic specificities Diversity-the ability to respond to many different antigenic determinants(epitopes)even if they have not been previously encountered Development of lymphocytes and how they are responsible for ·Specificity Memory Discrimination b/w "self"and "nonself" Biology of the B Lymphocyte ◼ Review: ◼ B cells can develop a vast repertoire of antigenic specificities ◼ Diversity – the ability to respond to many different antigenic determinants (epitopes) even if they have not been previously encountered ◼ Development of lymphocytes and how they are responsible for ◼ Specificity ◼ Memory ◼ Discrimination b/w “self” and “nonself