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Chromosome 8

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Centromeric variants of chromosome 8 appear to be rare. In 7- and 8-year-olds (Lubs et al., Population Cytogenetic Studies in Humans, pp. 133–159, 1977), only one case had a large chromosome 8 centromere (Fig. 13.1a). An earlier study (McKenzie and Lubs, Cytogenet Cell Genet 14:97–115, 1975) also reported one case with a C-band-positive 8cen+.

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Wyandt, H.E., Tonk, V.S. (2011). Chromosome 8. In: Human Chromosome Variation: Heteromorphism and Polymorphism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0896-9_13

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