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Selection events in B cell development. B cells undergo a number of developmental stages in the bone marrow and in the periphery. At various stages there will be positive selection to enrich for B cells with attributes useful for binding exogenous antigens (green arrows) and negative selection to ensure that autoreactive B cells do not survive (red arrows).
