Highly variable regions of DNA flank the human α globin genes
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- 11 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 9 (17) , 4213-4224
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/9.17.4213
Abstract
A series of restriction fragment length polymorphisms which are due to DNA rearrangements have been identified within two highly variable regions flanking the human α globin genes. The existence of such highly polymorphic areas provides a large number of individual genetic markers for the α globin gene cluster on chromosome 16. If, as seems likely, such regions occur frequently throughout the human genome they should be of considerable value in the antenatal diagnosis of genetic disease.Keywords
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