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This epigenetic configuration suggests that CCER1 is normally silenced in somatic cells but activated in germline cells, and that its dysregulation (via hypomethylation) may contribute to aberrant gene expression in cancers (see."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_fs", "start_ref": "1", "end_ref": "3"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n "}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n "}, {"type": "p", "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "\n In related investigations, dosage-sensitive effects of other genes in a nearby region of chromosome 12 were implicated in posterior amorphous corneal dystrophy (PACD). In these studies, heterozygous deletions affecting several small leucine-rich proteoglycan genes demonstrated a critical role in maintaining corneal clarity and normal extracellular matrix organization."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "4"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": " Although CCER1 is not directly involved in these structural pathways, the findings underscore how precise gene dosage and regulation—whether via copy number or epigenetic mechanisms—can govern tissue-specific functions.\n "}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n "}, {"type": "p", "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "\n Additional genomic studies—in citrus species"}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "6"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "and in the white shark"}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "7"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "—have further emphasized the utility of high-throughput sequencing and comparative genomics in uncovering novel genes and their regulatory mechanisms. 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