Each of the following statements concerning the variable regions of heavy chains and the variable regions of light chains in a given antibody molecule is correct, with an EXCEPTION, mark it:

a. They have the same amino acid sequence.
b. They define the specificity for antigen.
c. They are encoded on different chromosomes.
d. They contain the hypervariable regions.


a. They have the same amino acid sequence.

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