We show that heavy chain variable (VH) and light chain variable (VL) repertoires are similar to those described in other marsupial taxa: VL diversity is high, but VH diversity is restricted and belongs only to clan III.  As in other mammals, one VH and one Vλ germline family and multiple incomplete Vκ germline sequences were identified in the genome.  A high degree of similarity was found between devil and other marsupial VH segments, demonstrating that they originated from a common clade of closely related sequences. 
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