Short arms of human acrocentric chromosomes and the completion of the human genome sequence

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Figure 2.
Figure 2.

Metaphase chromosome spread with nine differentially stained satellite stalks, which appear as dark areas above the centromere of the acrocentric chromosomes. Arrow points to a D group chromosome, which lacks a satellite staining region. Figure reprinted with permission from Howell et al. (1975).

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  1. Genome Res. 32: 599-607

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