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Chromosome 17ps was identified in the mother and daughter but not the father of a normal family with no history of congenital abnormality. In addition to G-band and Ag-NOR staining, previously used to study this abnormality, we applied N-band and C-band techniques. Our results showed that 17ps has no demonstrable ribosomal cistron or constitutive heterochromatin.
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Au, W., Witek, J.A. Cytochemical analysis on a case of familial 17ps. Hum Genet 48, 195–199 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00286904
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