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![[-- haploinsufficiency --]](Images/Terms/haploins.gif)
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A situation in which the protein produced by a single copy of an otherwise normal gene is not sufficient to assure normal function.
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Listen to a detailed explanation.
Dr. Leslie Biesecker, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research, describes haploinsufficiency. |
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gene, protein | |
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