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Somatic stability of variant C-band heterochromatin

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Prominent C-band markers were found to be unchanged between different tissues of 9 individuals and during long term culture of 8 skin fibroblast and amniotic fluid cell strains.

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  1. Department of Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, 98195, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Holger Hoehn, Kam Au, Laurence E. Karp & George M. Martin

  2. Center for Inherited Disease, University of Washington School of Medicine, 98195, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Holger Hoehn, Kam Au, Laurence E. Karp & George M. Martin

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Supported by NIH Grants AM 04826 and GM 15253

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Hoehn, H., Au, K., Karp, L.E. et al. Somatic stability of variant C-band heterochromatin. Hum Genet 35, 163–168 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00393965

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