Which one of the following statements about monoclonal antibody production is false? A. Booster shots are administered in order to increase the affinity of antigen-specific antibodies. B. Hybridomas can be made by fusing myeloma cells with B cells harvested from the Peyer's patch. C. The antigen-specific property of monoclonal antibodies makes them highly useful as vaccines. D. Booster shots expand the number of B cells specific for the antigen of interest. E. Hybridoma cells have a larger number of chromosomes than a plasma cell.
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