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Structural Polymorphism in Chromosome 17

Nature volume 221, pages 387–388 (1969)Cite this article

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IN a study of the sites and relative frequencies of secondary constrictions in human somatic chromosomes, Ferguson-Smith et al.1 observed that chromosome 17 (refs. 2 and 3) occasionally bore satellites. In 1,303 karyotype analyses from 148 different individuals, only eight of the cells had such a chromosome. It had a constriction in the short arm which was interpreted as a satellite stalk.

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SCHMID, E., BAUCHINGER, M. Structural Polymorphism in Chromosome 17. Nature 221, 387–388 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221387a0

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