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Antigen receptor diversity within a population increases because

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Antigen receptor diversity increases due to genetic mechanisms involving rearrangements in immunoglobulin genes which are capable of encoding different antibodies antibody isotypes and thus have the capacity to bind to a specific antigenic determinant, thereby contributing to the receptor diversity.

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