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Sex chromatin of unstained mouse amniotic cells was identifiable using ordinary brightfield microscopy with optimal setting of the illumination.
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Watanabe, T., Ohwada, K. & Endo, A. Sex chromatin analysis of unstained mouse amniotic cells using brightfield microscopy. Experientia 44, 254–255 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01941728
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