Assertion: antigen's epitope | /r/CapableOf | stimulate proliferation
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text: Some of the newly created paratopes bind more strongly to the same epitope (leading to the selection of the clones possessing them), which is known as affinity maturation.[note 9] Other paratopes bind better to epitopes that are slightly different from the original epitope that had stimulated proliferation.