Copy number variation leads to considerable diversity for B but not A haplotypes of the human KIR genes encoding NK cell receptors

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Figure 5.
Figure 5.

Gene duplication:absence ratios in the 71 unique haplotypes. CNV is spatially biased within the KIR locus, as illustrated by this plot showing the proportion of the 71 haplotypes showing duplication or absence for each respective gene.

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  1. Published in Advance September 4, 2012, doi: 10.1101/gr.137976.112 Genome Res. 22: 1845-1854

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