does ne1 kno wot agglutination is (a biological term)

i kno its a biological term with reference to antibody-antigen complexes, an its in bio m7 (option mod for aqa spec B)
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barbiegrl

its all about blood groups
if you are blood group a then you will have a antigens on your red blood cells (antigens are cell markers or recognition sites) you will also have b antibodies this means that if you mix a type blood with b type aggulation happens the blood basically clumps together because B type blood will have b antigens and A antibodies the b antibodies from the A blood attatch to the B blood type cells and clump them together
this results in AB type blood being the universal recipient (due to no antibodies (a or b) and O being the universal donor (due to no anitgens
hope it makes sense feel free to ask quesions i am doing aqa a and we did this in module 2