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Late DNA Synthesis in Heterochromatin

Nature volume 217, pages 138–142 (1968)Cite this article

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It seems to be a rule of chromosome replication that heterochromatin synthesizes its DNA at a later stage than the rest of the chromosome.

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LIMA-DE-FARIA, A., JAWORSKA, H. Late DNA Synthesis in Heterochromatin. Nature 217, 138–142 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217138a0

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