Both B and T lymphocytes originate in the bone marrow, but B lymphocytes mature in the bone marrow while T lymphocytes migrate to the thymus to undergo maturation.

Authors

• Person: Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M Organization: Garland Science
  The components of the immune system - Immunobiology - NCBI - NIH

Sources

• The components of the immune system - Immunobiology - NCBI - NIH www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M · Garland Science via serper

Referenced by nodes (4)

• thymus concept
• T lymphocytes concept
• B lymphocytes concept
• bone marrow concept