| id | GO:0002200 Detailed information
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| name | somatic diversification of immune receptors
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The somatic process allowing for the production of immune receptors whose specificity is not encoded in the germline genomic sequences." [GOC:add, ISBN:0781735149 "Fundamental Immunology", PMID:16102575, PMID:16166509]
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| comment | Note that this process covers somatic recombination, gene conversion, hypermutation, N-region addition, and alternate splicing processes of immune receptor diversification.
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| is_a | GO:0002376 ! immune system process
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| relationship | part_of GO:0002520 ! immune system development
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