Fat and muscle cells express large amounts of the insulin-responsive glucose transporter GLUT4

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Heterozygous condition may produce imbalances in the amounts of gene products similar to those produced by extra gene copies.

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Pseudodominance- Recessive allele owing to a deletion on the homologous chromosome.

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Haploinsufficiency- One copy of the gene is missing, a mutant phenotype is produced.

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Deletions can be detected cytologically by studying the banding patterns in stained chromosomes.

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Large aberrations can be detected by examination of mitotic chromosomes that have been stained with banding agents such as quinacrine or Giemsa.

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hCONDEL- Deletions within the human genome containing sequences that are highly conserved among closely related relatives.