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In what way can loss of heterozygosity lead to cancer?

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Loss of heterozygosity occurs when a cancer-producing gene that exists in the heterozygous state becomes exposed through deletion, mutation, recombination, uniparental disomy, or chromosomal aberration. Such a gene now is either homozygous or hemizygous

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