The infinite variety of antibodies that can be generated by B cells is due to:

a. the infinite variety of genes in these cells
b. the use of gene segments to produce an infinite variety of proteins
c. the recombination of genes due to crossing over
d. random mutations
e. modifying the protein after an antigen is detected


b

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