The property of immunological memory is ________
A) the ability to recognize one's own tissue cells as 'self'
B) the ability to distinguish between closely related antigens
C) the inability to recognize one's own tissue as 'self,' resulting in an attack on one's own cells
D) the ability to recognize and mount an attack on an antigen that was previously encountered
Answer: D
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