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Junctional Diversity (as opposed to Combinatorial Diversity).

1. Nucleotides are removed by an exonuclease 2. N-region nucleotides are added by Tdt (Terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl Transferase).

Result: Provides even greater diversity to Antibodies and T cell receptors.