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Differential rates of sister chromatid exchanges between euchromatin and heterochromatin

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In two rodent species, the Chinese hamster and the montane vole (Microtus montanus), the rate of sister chromatid exchange was lower in constitutive heterochromatin than in euchromatin.

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  1. Department of Biology, The University of Texas System Cancer Center M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, 77030, Houston, Texas, USA

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Hsu, T.C., Pathak, S. Differential rates of sister chromatid exchanges between euchromatin and heterochromatin. Chromosoma 58, 269–273 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00292093

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