molecular genetics: functional distribution

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Dear list,

I know with the globin genes, their location on the
genome forms in clusters, so it fits very nicely into
a textbook example of duplication and neutral mutation.
I'm sure that one could build a similar case for the
various clusters of cytokines, or IgG, IgM, etc.

However, is this a general feature of mapping on a
genome? In other words, is the globin example an
extremely idealized case, or is the functional
distribution of genes within a genome rather
commonplace for the most part?

Thanks,
Wayne

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