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Using fluorescence in situ hybridization, primed in situ labelling, and conventional cytogenetic staining we have characterized an excessively enlarged short arm of chromosome 15. The likely mechanism explaining this variant chromosome involves amplification of rDNA sequences followed by inverted insertional translocation between the enlarged sister chromatids of the short arm of chromosome 15.
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Friedrich, U., Therkelsen, A.J., Jørgensen, A.L. et al. Extreme variant of the short arm of chromosome 15. Hum Genet 97, 710–713 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02346177
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