During development in the thymus, a thymocyte will express a TCR. During the selection process, if that TCR binds to MHC and peptide with very high affinity, the cell will:

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Secrete IL-7 to stimulate proliferation of neighbouring cells, and then undergo rapid apoptosis

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Be removed from the T cell repertoire

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Undergo additional VDJ recombination to generate a new receptor

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Secrete IL-7 and then undergo rapid proliferation

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During development in the thymus, a thymocyte will express a TCR. During the sel...

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