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A balanced reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 1 and 3 was found in an infertile man. Meiotic analysis showed a ring quadrivalent in diakinesis and complete spermatogenic breakdown after the first meiotic division.
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Miéié, M.D., Miéié, S.R. Meiotic findings in human reciprocal 1;3 translocation. Hum Genet 57, 442–443 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281703
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281703