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. 1973 Mar 16;179(4078):1126-9.
doi: 10.1126/science.179.4078.1126.

DNA content and DNA-based centromeric index of the 24 human chromosomes

M L Mendelsohn, B H Mayall, E Bogart, D H Moore 2nd, B H Perry

DNA content and DNA-based centromeric index of the 24 human chromosomes

M L Mendelsohn et al. Science. .

Abstract

The chromosomes of two human males were identified by fluorescent banding, restained, and measured by scanning microscopy and computer analysis. The two variables, DNA content and DNA-based centromeric index, provided almost complete discrimination of chromosome types. Some chromosomes showed significant differences in DNA content between the men, and for one man two pairs of chromosomes showed significant differences between homologs.

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