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Satellite associations and silver staining were analyzed in a normal woman carrying three “s” variants, on chromosomes 13, 21, and 22. Six of the acrocentric chromosomes were identified and a positive correlation between the parameters of satellite association frequency and positive silver staining was found for each chromosome. These parameters seem to depend on the presence and size of a secondary constriction and are unaffected by satellite size.
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Di Lernia, R., Riva, M.L., Dalprà, L. et al. Satellite associations and silver staining in a case of multiple G and D variants. Hum Genet 53, 237–240 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00273504
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