Haploinsufficiency

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Haploinsufficiency is a situation in which the protein produced by a single copy of an otherwise normal gene is not sufficient to assure normal function. Haploinsufficiency results in dominant disorders.

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http://www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm?key=haploinsufficiency