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Chromosome Loss compared with Chromosome Size, Age and Sex of Subjects

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STUDIES of human chromosomes1–7 have demonstrated that ageing increases hypodiploidy. Sex differences were said to account for different rates of increase in hypodiploidy as well as the preferential loss of an X chromosome in females and a Y chromosome in males2,4–6.

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  1. Tufts New England Medical Center,

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  2. Veterans' Administration, Boston

    B. BELL

  3. New York State Psychiatric Institute and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University,

    L. JARVIK & T. KATO

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NEURATH, P., DEREMER, K., BELL, B. et al. Chromosome Loss compared with Chromosome Size, Age and Sex of Subjects. Nature 225, 281–282 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225281a0

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