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Using Fibronectin (F18) human cDNA probe, the FN gene was assigned to orangutan chromosome 11 by in situ hybridization. Our data confirm the homology between orangutan chromosome 11 and the long arm of human chromosome 2.
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Pepe, G., Vernole, P., Ferrucci, L. et al. Assignement of the fibronectin (FN1) gene to pongo pygmaeus (Organgutan) chromosome 11. Hum. Evol. 12, 183–187 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02438067
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