Prevalence in Humans
The fact that DNA copy number variation is a widespread and common phenomenon among humans was first uncovered following the completion of the human genome project. It is estimated that approximately 0.4% of the genomes of unrelated people typically differ with respect to copy number. De novo CNVs have been observed between identical twins who otherwise have identical genomes.
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