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Cercopithecus aethiops sabaceus (Vervet monkey, African green monkey)

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An Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes
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One pair of subtelocentric autosomes bears a deep secondary constriction on the long arm near the centromere. Satellites may also be detected on the short arm of the smallest acrocentric chromosomes.

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Hsu, T.C., Benirschke, K. (1967). Cercopithecus aethiops sabaceus (Vervet monkey, African green monkey). In: An Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6422-5_48

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