Table 2.

Analysis of CDR3

Thymocyte wave		Vγ 3′ nucleotide deletions		Jγ 5′ nucleotide deletions		Junctional N/P nucleotides
First wave  E13		1.87		2.63		1.13
Second wave  E22		1.90		3.28		1.19
Third wave   E28		2.07		3.80		2.26

Results correspond to means obtained in independent productive rearrangements. Only clones using Jγ1 and Jγ2, for which genomic borders were known (16), were taken into account for Jγ5′ nucleotide deletions and junctional N/P nucleotides.