Spritz R A
Nucleic Acids Res. 1981 Oct 10;9(19):5037-47. doi: 10.1093/nar/9.19.5037.
DNA sequence analysis of the human beta globin locus has identified an array of simple tandem repeated sequences upstream from the beta globin structural gene. Comparison of several cloned human beta globin alleles demonstrated a high frequency of sequence heteromorphism at this site apparently due to duplication or deletion of single units of the repeat array. At least two such duplication/deletion events are necessary to account for the observed variation. No other sequence variation was observed, suggesting that duplication/deletion events within the tandem repeat array may be at least 13 to 14 times more frequent than nucleotide substitutions in the surrounding DNA.
对人类β珠蛋白基因座的DNA序列分析已确定在β珠蛋白结构基因上游存在一系列简单串联重复序列。对几个克隆的人类β珠蛋白等位基因的比较表明,该位点序列多态性的频率很高,这显然是由于重复序列阵列的单个单元发生了重复或缺失。至少需要两个这样的重复/缺失事件才能解释观察到的变异。未观察到其他序列变异,这表明串联重复序列阵列中的重复/缺失事件的发生频率可能比周围DNA中的核苷酸替换至少高13至14倍。