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Sixteen patients with unusual heteromorphisms involving alterations of the length and/or position of centromeric heterochromatin are described. Family studies showed that the heteromorphisms were present in other relatives and segregated in the expected 1:1 ratio. There was a significantly greater frequency of unusual heteromorphisms among Orientals than in other races studied.
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Mayer, M., Matsuura, J. & Jacobs, P. Inversions and other unusual heteromorphisms detected by C-banding. Hum Genet 45, 43–50 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00277572
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