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Mayer et al. (Hum Genet 45:43–50, 1978) reported an enlarged centromere on a chromosome 12, ascertained in a patient with mental retardation, that was also present in many normal relatives. A similar heteromorphism was reported in three Japanese A-bomb survivors [2].
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Mayer M, Matsuura J, Jacobs, P (1978) Inversions and other unusual heteromorphisms detected by C-banding. Hum Genet 45:43–50
Sofuni T, Tanabe K, Ohtaki K, Shimba H, Awa AA (1974) Two new types of C-band variants in human chromosome (6ph+ and 12ph+). Jpn J Hum Genet 19:251–256
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Wyandt, H.E., Tonk, V.S. (2011). Chromosome 12. In: Human Chromosome Variation: Heteromorphism and Polymorphism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0896-9_17
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