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Which of the following statements about the generation of B cell receptor (BCR) diversity is FALSE?Select one alternative:Rearrangement of the gene segments coding the variable region of light and heavy chains is the only process by which BCR diversity is generated.Animals have multiple copies of the gene segments that code for the variable region of the heavy and light chains.Rearrangement of the gene segments that code for the variable region of light and heavy chains is a random process.The variable region of the heavy chain is coded by the V, D and J gene segments.

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Which of the following statements about the generation of B cell receptor (BCR) diversity is FALSE?Select one alternative:Rearrangement of the gene segments coding the variable region of light and heavy chains is the only process by which BCR diversity is generated.Animals have multiple copies of the gene segments that code for the variable region of the heavy and light chains.Rearrangement of the gene segments that code for the variable region of light and heavy chains is a random process.The variable region of the heavy chain is coded by the V, D and J gene segments.

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The false statement is: "Rearrangement of the gene segments coding the variable region of light and heavy chains is the only process by which BCR diversity is generated."

This is false because BCR diversity is not only generated by the rearrangement of gene segments coding the variable region of light and heavy chains. Other processes also contribute to BCR diversity, including junctional diversity (addition or deletion of nucleotides at the junctions of V, D, and J segments) and somatic hypermutation (mutation of the variable region genes after the B cell has been activated).

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