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Fifty normal American Blacks were selected to examine the correlation between the length of the Y chromosome and their height using QFQ technique. Chromosomes 19 and 20 (F group) and Y were measured directly from the film and Y/F indices were calculated as a parameter of Y length. The average length of the Y chromosome was 1.09. There was no correlation between the height of an individual with the length of his Y (p>.01). The biological and clinical significance of human Y chromosome heteromorphisms is discussed.
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Verma, R.S., Dosik, H. Human chromosomal heteromorphisms in American Blacks VII. Correlation (r) between height and the size of the Y chromosome. Jap J Human Genet 27, 43–46 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01994195
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