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Chromosome variants were evaluated on the basis of their DNA-replication pattern (LBA). The size of late-replicating centromeric heterochromatin of chromosomes 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, and 20, i.e., pairs without Q or C (qh) variants, was measured by means of a microdensitometer. The results were expressed in area, related to that of a euchromatic segment of a given chromosome, and were assigned into five classes based on the difference in standard deviation from an average relative size. LBA variants in each of 12 pairs were found in 29%–42% of the chromosomes.
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Azumi, J., Nakagome, Y., Oka, S. et al. A new approach in the evaluation of chromosome variants in man. Hum. Genet. 55, 75–79 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00329130
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