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A form of δβ-thalassaemia results from a major chromosomal rearrangement involving the β-globin gene cluster which includes an inversion of the entire sequence between the Aγ- and δ-globin genes and two deletions.
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Jones, R., Old, J., Trent, R. et al. Major rearrangement in the human β-globin gene cluster. Nature 291, 39–44 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/291039a0
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