The process in which immunoglobulin gene segments are recombined within a single locus utilizing the conserved heptamer and nonomer recombination signal sequences (RSS). For immunoglobulin heavy chains V, D, and J gene segments are joined, and for immunoglobulin light chains V and J gene segments are joined.
somatic diversification of immunoglobulin genes by N region addition
somatic recombination of immunoglobulin genes involved in immune response +