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Eight X autosome translocations were studied with replication banding to localize spreading of late replication into the autosomal segments. Partial spreading into the autosomal segment was seen in four translocations and no spreading of late replication was seen in four translocations. In those translocations with partial spreading of late replication into the autosomal segment, late replication did not always spread continuously from the X chromosome breakpoint throughout the autosome. Instead, it appeared to skip some bands and affect others. The data on the pattern of replication, taken to indicate also a spread of inactivation into these autosomal segments, correlated well with the clinical data in most cases and suggest that spreading of late replication is often incomplete and may be discontinuous.
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Keitges, E.A., Palmer, C.G. Analysis of spreading of inactivation in eight X autosome translocations utilizing the high resolution RBG technique. Hum Genet 72, 231–236 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00291884
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