The Ability of One Person to Produce Over a Million

question 11

Multiple Choice

The ability of one person to produce over a million different antibody molecules does not require over a million different genes; rather, this wide range of antibody production is due to ________.

• A) alternative splicing of exons after transcription
• B) increased rate of mutation in the RNA molecules
• C) genetic DNA recombination
• D) rearrangements of cytosolic proteins in the thymus cells
• E) crossing over between the light and heavy chains of each antibody molecule during meiosis I

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