(A) Explain the difference between interallelic conversion and gene conversion, and (B) provide an example for both

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A. Interallelic conversion is a recombination between homologous alleles of the same gene. Gene conversion is a recombination between non-homologous alleles of different genes.
B. An example of interallelic conversion would involve recombination between HLA B*5101 and HLA B*3501. An example of gene conversion would involve recombination between HLA B*1501 and HLA Cw*0102.

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