The Human Genome Has Been Shown to Code for 51

question 14

Multiple Choice

The human genome has been shown to code for 51 different functional VH segments,25 different DH segments and 6 JH segments for the heavy chain variable regions of antibodies.Assuming that any V segment can combine with any of the D and J segments,how many different heavy chains could be made?

• A)7650
• B)765
• C)82
• D)820
• E)76,820

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