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scientific inquiry The scientists mapping the SNPs In the human genome noticed that groups of SNPS tended to be inherited together, in blocks known as haplotypes, ranging in length from 5.000 to 200.000 base pairs There are as few as four or five commonly occurring combinations of SNPS per haplotype. Integrating what you'vc Iearncd throughout this chaptcr and this unit, propose an explanation for this Observation.
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