IMGT Repertoire (IG and TR)

Chicken (Gallus gallus) IGH locus on chromosome 31

The chicken (Gallus gallus) IGH locus is on chromosome 31. The orientation of the locus is reverse (REV).
The chicken (Gallus gallus) IGH locus spans 116 kilobases (kb), from 10 kb upstream of the most 5' gene in the locus, IGHV1-83 (P), to 10 kb downstream of the most 3' gene in the locus, IGHJ (F). The Locus representation encompasses 120 kb.
The chicken (Gallus gallus) IGH locus consists of 94 IGHV genes belonging to 1 IGHV subgroup, 4 IGHD belonging to 1 IGHD set, 1 IGHJ gene belonging to 1 IGHJ set and 3 IGHC genes.
The IGHV genes span 97 kilobases (kb), the IGHD genes span 7251 bases (b) and the IGHJ gene span 12 kilobases (kb).

More information:
Gene table: chicken (Gallus gallus) IGHV
Gene table: chicken (Gallus gallus) IGHD
Gene table: chicken (Gallus gallus) IGHJ
Potential germline repertoire: chicken (Gallus gallus) IGHV, IGHD and IGHJ genes on chromosome 31