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Duplication within the haptoglobin Hp2 gene.
DNA sequencing shows that the intragenic duplication within the human haptoglobin Hp2 allele was formed by a non-homologous, probably random, crossing-over within different introns of two Hp1 genes, probably in an Hp1F / Hp1S heterozygote.
PMID: 6325933 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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