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Structural anomalies of the X chromosome and inactivation center

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The observation of five special cases of structural anomalies involving the X chromosomes led us to study the inactivation center. These data, combined with those from the literature, suggest that the X chromosome possesses only one inactivation center. Results of this study allowed a more precise localization of this inactivation center.

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Mattei, M.G., Mattei, J.F., Vidal, I. et al. Structural anomalies of the X chromosome and inactivation center. Hum Genet 56, 401–408 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00274702

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