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In the clawed toadXenopus laevis, thymectomy at 7 days of age abrogates the phytohemagglutinin response of leukocytes and the mixed leukocyte reaction.
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Du Pasquier, L., Horton, J.D. The effect of thymectomy on the mixed leukocyte reaction and phytohemagglutinin responsiveness in the clawed toadXenopus laevis . Immunogenetics 3, 105–112 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01576943
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