Summary
We report a further case of the 16p+ chromosome studied by replication banding. The extra euchromatic material was shown to be uniformly light staining, indicating that it is late replicating.
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Thompson, P.W., Roberts, S.H. & Rees, S.M. Replication studies in the 16p+ variant. Hum Genet 84, 371–372 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196238
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