Heterozygous for inversions also exhibit reduced recombination among genes located in the inverted region.

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Junctional diversity- P and N nucleotides  addition

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P nucleotide addition results when the DNA hairpin at the coding joint is cleaved asymmetrically.

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Non - templated N nucleotide addition in heavy chains results from TdT activity.

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Exonuclease trimming sometimes occurs at the VDJ and VJ junctions, causing loss of nucleotides.

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Combinatorial diversity: The same heavy chain can combine with different light chain

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This recombinational event is catalyzed by a set of enzymes, many of which are also involved in nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) DNA repair functions that occur in all cells.