Containing? Which contains the following?

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NL888

#512248 Sun, 11 May 08 02:48 AM

Context:

We observed a significant association between neuroblastoma and the common minor alleles of three consecutive single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at chromosome band 6p22 and containing the predicted genes FLJ22536 and FLJ44180 (P=1.71x10–9 to 7.01x10–10; allelic odds ratio, 1.39 to 1.40).

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It seems that the author refers to "chromosome band 6p22 contains the predicted genes..."

But why the author used "and" before "containing"?

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Avangi

#512255 Sun, 11 May 08 03:12 AM

I think it's an error. You'd expect to see another participle earlier in the sentence, like "covered with chocolate and containing a variety of nuts".

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NL888

#512266 Sun, 11 May 08 05:35 AM

Thanks Avangi.

The full context:

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMoa0708698

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Avangi

#512284 Sun, 11 May 08 06:08 AM

re the full article: same opinion.

Edit. I don't mean it's an error of information or fact, just grammar. He's sort of ticking off the observations which seem to support his thesis, or theory, and the presence of "the predicted genes" is another item in the series. It's just not treated that way grammatically.

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