Equivalence of the total constitutive heterochromatin content by an interchromosomal compensation in the c band sizes of chromosomes 1,9,16, and y in caucasian and japanese individuals

Human Heredity

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1985, Pages 379-387

  Cavalli, I J ^a,b   Mattevi, Margarete S ^b   Erdtmann, B ^b   Sbalqueiro, I J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; C bands; Caucasians; Chromosomes; Japanese; Population study

Indexed keywords

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME C BAND; CONSTITUTIVE HETEROCHROMATIN; CYTOGENETICS; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, 1-3; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, 16-18; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, 6-12 AND X; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0022253008     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000153584     Document Type: Article

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