Jim Gowans opened a new era of immunology by combining physiological in vivo studies with prospective enrichment of small lymphocytes, validating the clonal selection theory, discovering lymphocyte homing and recirculation, and training others to follow.
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Weissman, I. Lymphocytes, Jim Gowans and in vivo veritas. Nat Immunol 11, 1073–1075 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni1210-1073
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