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Mapping of two human homologs of a Drosophila heterochromatin protein gene to the X Chromosome

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Reik, W., Leversha, M.A., Waterfield, N.R. et al. Mapping of two human homologs of a Drosophila heterochromatin protein gene to the X Chromosome. Mammalian Genome 3, 650–652 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00352483

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