1. Variable lymphocyte receptor-based adaptive immunity in the Agnathan Sea Lamprey / Marion J. Parsons, Justin T.H. Chan, Heng Sun, and Gotz R.A. Ehrhardt -- 2. Immunoglobulin genes in tetrapods / Yi Sun and Yaofeng Zhao -- 3. The immunoglobulin genes of bats / J.E. Butler, Nancy Wertz, and Michelle L. Baker -- 4. Marsupial and monotreme immunoglobulin genetics / Robert D. Miller and Victoria L. Hansen -- 5. Organization of the immunoglobulin heavy- and light-chain loci in the rat / Peter M. Dammers, Jacobus Hendricks, Peter Terpstra, Nicolaas A. Bos, and Frans G.M. Kroese -- 6. Generation of the antibody repertoire in rabbits : role of gut-associated lymphoid tissues / Kari M. Severson and Katherine L. Knight -- 7. The immunoglobulin genes of domestic swine / J.E. Butler and Nancy Wertz -- 8. Bovine immunoglobulin genetics : a phylogenetic perspective / Yfke Pasman and Azad K. Kaushik -- 9. Informatics tools for immunoglobulin gene sequence analysis / Helena Hazanov, Miri Michaeli, Gitit Lavy-Shahaf, and Ramit Mehr.