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In situ hybridization was used to identify the region of the Rhesus genome complementary to ribosomal RNA. The rDNA sites have been assigned to the achromatic region of chromosome 20.
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Henderson, A.S., Warburton, D. & Atwood, K.C. Localization of rDNA in the chromosome complement of the Rhesus (Macaca mulatta). Chromosoma 44, 367–370 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00284896
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