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Quantitative analysis of DNA replication in embryonic cultures of C57BL/6J mice was carried out, using autoradiography after tritiated thymidine incorporation. The centromeric regions are late-replicating.
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Miller, O.J. Is the centromeric heterochromatin ofMus musculus late replicating?. Chromosoma 55, 165–170 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01798346
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