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C-banding studies revealed the presence of C-positive regions interspersed amongst the euchromatin of the prophase holocentric chromosomes of Luzula flaccida. In-situ hybridization showed a highly-repeated DNA sequence to be located in clusters throughout the extended chromosomes. The interspersed distribution pattern of prophase C-bands and satellite DNA in L. flaccida is discussed in relation to those in organisms with monocentric chromosomes.
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Collet, C., Westerman, M. Interspersed distribution patterns of C-bands and satellite DNA in the holocentric chromosomes of Luzula flaccida (Juncaceae). Genetica 63, 175–179 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00128410
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