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The scientists mapping human SNPs noticed that groups of SNPs tended to be inherited together. In blocks known as "haplotypes." ranging from 5.000 to 200,000 base pairs. There are only four or five commonly occurring combinations of SNPs per haplotype. Integrating what you've learned throughout this chapter and this unit, propose an explanation for this observation.
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