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THE sex chromatin clump of Barr has been reported as occurring in human female tissues cultured in vitro for short periods, and as not occurring in long-established cultures1,2. The purpose of this communication is to provide a quantitative summary of the available knowledge in this respect, and to indicate that sex chromatin apparently occurs routinely in suitably stained primary explants, but not in long cultured cells.
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MILES, C. Sex Chromatin in Cultured Human Tissues. Nature 184, 477–478 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184477a0
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