Immunology and Cell Biology

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Quantitative and qualitative approaches to GOD: the first 10 years of the clonal selection theory

Margaret A Jordan and Alan G Baxter

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Table 1. Frequencies (f) of antibody producing cells of two different specificities, S1 and S2, total numbers of cells examined and the observed and expected numbers of double producers

Reference f(S1) f(S2) Cell number
    Total Exp Obs P
Nossal18 27/17220/154471.00NS
Nossal and Lederberg19 33/22829/2284568.760<0.003
Mäkelä and Nossal20 155/1333173/1333133336.64<0.0001
Nossal and Mäkelä21 362/1690202/1690169043.319<0.0005
Nossal and Mäkelä22 422/1729172/1729172942.08<0.0001
Nossal and Mäkelä22 140/1729172/1729172913.910NS
Mäkelä23 56/71735/7177172.70NS
Attardi et al. 24 47/92527/9259251.3721<0.0001
Attardi et al. 25 19/28011/2802800.755<0.005
Attardi et al. 25 19/28014/2802800.752NS
Attardi et al. 25 11/28014/2802800.753<0.01

 Abbreviation: NS, not significant.

 Significance calculated by chi 2 goodness-of-fit test of observed and expected numbers of double and nonproducers with 1 degree of freedom. Where more than one combination was studied pair-wise calculations have been made to aid comparison.

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