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In this study, we employed RACE (Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends) technology, prepared DNA libraries, performed high-throughput sequencing, and conducted related bioinformatics analysis to analyze the differences in immunoglobulin gene diversity and expression at different periods in Hy-line brown hens, Lueyang black-bone chickens, and Beijing-You chickens. The study found that the composition of chicken immunoglobulin genes is relatively simple, with both the light chain and heavy chain having a functional V gene. Additionally, the mechanisms of immunoglobulin diversity generation tended to be consistent among different breeds and periods of chickens, primarily relying on abundant junctional diversity, somatic hypermutation (SHM), and gene conversion (GCV) to compensate for the limitations of low-level V(D)J recombination. As the age increased, the junctional diversity of IgH and IgL tended to diversify and showed similar expression patterns among different breeds. In the three chicken breeds, the predominant types of mutations observed in IGHV and IGLV SHM were A to G and G to A transitions. Specifically, IGLV exhibited a preference for A to G mutations, whereas IGHV displayed a bias toward G to A mutations. The regions at the junctions between framework regions (FR) and complementarity-determining regions (CDR) and within the CDR regions themselves are typically prone to mutations. The locations of GCV events in IGLV and IGHV do not show significant differences, and replacement segments are concentrated in the central regions of FR1, CDR, and FR2. Importantly, gene conversion events are not random occurrences. Additionally, our investigation revealed that CDRH3 in chickens of diverse breeds and periods the potential for diversification through the incorporation of cysteine. 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