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The chromsomes of a cell line of Dipodomys merriami are described in terms of their C-, G- and Q-banding patterns. Studies on the buoyant density of DNA made at different times in the S phase show that the replication of HSα satellite and AT-rich main band DNA occurs preferentially late in the S phase, whereas MS satellite and GC-rich main band DNAs are replicated early in the S phase. Autoradiographic studies of chromosomes labelled early or late in the S phase are used to relate the banding patterns nf particular chromosome regions to the fraction of DNA which they may contain.
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Bostock, C.J., Christie, S. Chromosome banding and DNA replication studies on a cell line of Dipodomys merriami . Chromosoma 48, 73–87 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00284868
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