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Absence of Late Replication of a Human X-Ring Chromosome

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AS autoradiographic examination of human and other mammalian chromosomes after incorporation of tritiated thymidine has revealed a characteristic pattern of replication during the late S phase for the heteropycnotic X chromosome and some autosomes, the lymphocyte culture technique associated with a simplified autoradiographic method may be used for diagnosis and investigations of the sex chromosomes even in smaller laboratories.

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PFEIFFER, R., BÜCHNER, T. Absence of Late Replication of a Human X-Ring Chromosome. Nature 204, 804–805 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204804b0

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