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Mid-prophase human chromosomes. The attainment of 2000 bands

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Human mid-prophase chromosomes exposed to amethopterin, actinomycin D, and bromodeoxyuridine display more than 2000 bands per haploid set and show a remarkable resemblance to the fine chromomeric structures of early pachytene.

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  1. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, 55455, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Jorge J. Yunis

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Supported in part by grant No. 1-568 from the National Foundation and by NIH grant GM26800

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Yunis, J.J. Mid-prophase human chromosomes. The attainment of 2000 bands. Hum Genet 56, 293–298 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00274682

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