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To the physicist the structure of the 46 normal human chromosomes is a problem analogous to that of atomic structure with as much fundamental significance. Although the appearance of artefacts and deviations resulting from variations in the technique of preparing samples of human chromosomes introduces, at this time, a degree of error into the results, it is possible to consider the measurement of the distribution of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) along the chromosome as essentially a purely physical problem of structure.
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WARD, A. Distribution of Deoxyribonucleic Acid along Human Chromosomes. Nature 208, 486–487 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/208486a0
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