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Chromosome analysing using quinacrine fluorescence was performed on 930 consecutive newborn infants. The total incidence of major chromosome aberrations including numerical changes of the sex chromosomes, and structural changes of autosomes, was 0.54%. Incidences of XYY (0.4%) and XXY (0.2%) were relatively higher as compared to other studies. About 0.75% of the newborn infants were found to have a variable bright fluorescent band located on the proximal area of the short arm (p11) rather than on the proximal long arm (q11) of chromosome No. 3. Attempts were also made to record the variable fluorescent regions on 7 autosomes and the Y chromosome.
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Lin, C.C., Gedeon, M.M., Griffith, P. et al. Chromosome analysis on 930 consecutive newborn children using quinacrine fluorescent banding technique. Hum Genet 31, 315–328 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00270861
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