How is it that bone marrow stem cells all have the exact same genome, but mature lymphocytes derived from those stem cells, when released into circulation, are all genetically unique?

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How is it that bone marrow stem cells all have the exact same genome, but mature lymphocytes derived from those stem cells, when released into circulation, are all genetically unique?