▁par al ogs ▁in ▁human ▁mon ogen ic ▁disease ▁gen es ▁mask ▁the ▁effects ▁of ▁dominant ▁de le ter ious ▁mut ations , ▁thereby ▁maintain ing ▁the ▁disease ▁gene ▁in ▁the ▁human ▁gen ome . ▁ ▁Wh ole ▁gen ome ▁dup lications ▁may ▁be ▁a ▁leading ▁cause ▁of ▁ret ention ▁of ▁some ▁tum or ▁causing ▁gen es ▁in ▁the ▁human ▁gen ome . ▁For ▁example , ▁Str out ▁et ▁al . ▁have ▁shown ▁that ▁tan dem ▁dup lication ▁events , ▁likely ▁via ▁hom olog ous ▁recom bin ation , ▁are ▁linked ▁to ▁ac ute ▁my el oid ▁le uk emia . ▁The ▁partial ▁dup lication ▁of ▁the ▁ALL 1 ▁( ML L ) ▁gene ▁is ▁a ▁gen etic ▁defect ▁has ▁been ▁found ▁in ▁patients ▁with ▁ac ute ▁my el oid ▁le uk emia . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁ ▁Gen etic ▁Science ▁Learning ▁Center . ▁" Home otic ▁Gen es ▁and ▁Body ▁Pattern s ." ▁Lear n . Gen et ics ▁ 6 ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁< http :// learn . gen et ics . ut ah . edu / content / vari ation / ho x gen es /> ▁Gu o , ▁H .- S ., ▁et ▁al . ▁" E volution ▁Of ▁The ▁K CS ▁Gene ▁Family ▁In ▁Pl ants : ▁The ▁History ▁Of ▁Gene ▁Dup lication , ▁Sub / Ne of unction al ization ▁And ▁Red und ancy ." ▁M ole cular ▁Gen et ics ▁And ▁Gen om ics ▁( 2 0 1 5 ): ▁