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A reply: pericentric inversion of chromosome 9qh are “real” but the mechanisms of their origin are highly complex

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  1. Division of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, 374 Stockholm St., Brooklyn, NY, 11237, USA

    Ram S. Verma

  2. Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics and SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, NY, 11228, USA

    Ram S. Verma

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Verma, R. A reply: pericentric inversion of chromosome 9qh are “real” but the mechanisms of their origin are highly complex. Hum Genet 105, 183–184 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004399900086

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