somatic recombination of immunoglobulin gene segments

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0016447

The process in which immunoglobulin genes are formed through recombination of the germline genetic elements, as known as immunoglobulin gene segments, within a single locus. [ GOC:add http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0781735149&isbn=1/ ]

Synonyms: somatic recombination of antibody gene segments

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biological_process

GO:0016447

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somatic diversification of immune receptors via germline recombination within a single locus
somatic diversification of immunoglobulins