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A system for automated chromosome analysis

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A new method for automated chromosome analysis is presented. This makes use of both a pen reader and trained observer, and allows a more flexible approach than hitherto.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Queen's University, BT7 1NN, Belfast, N. Ireland

    William James Kenneth Cumming & Norman Cumming Nevin

  2. Department of Medical Statistics, Queen's University, BT7 1NN, Belfast, N. Ireland

    William James Kenneth Cumming & Norman Cumming Nevin

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Kenneth Cumming, W.J., Nevin, N.C. A system for automated chromosome analysis. Hum Genet 7, 349–350 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00283557

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