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Staining of Some Specific Regions of Human Chromosomes, particularly the Secondary Constriction of No. 9

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SEVERAL procedures have been described recently which produce specific patterns of differential staining in human chromosomes1–9. Techniques which involve DNA denaturation and reannealing reveal deeply stained areas on centromere and secondary constriction regions which have been equated with constitutive heterochromatin9.

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    M. BOBROW, KAMLESH MADAN & P. L. PEARSON

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BOBROW, M., MADAN, K. & PEARSON, P. Staining of Some Specific Regions of Human Chromosomes, particularly the Secondary Constriction of No. 9. Nature New Biology 238, 122–124 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio238122a0

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