Abstract
HUMAN chromosomes can be identified by their distinctive quinacrine fluorescence pattern1. We have used this technique to study abnormalities in the G group. Since this report was first submitted, two other reports on the fluorescence of G group chromosomes have been published2,3.
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BREG, W., MILLER, O., MILLER, D. et al. Distinctive Fluorescence of Quinacrine-labelled Human G Group Chromosomes. Nature New Biology 231, 276–277 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio231276a0
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