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Differential Staining Patterns of Heterochromatin in Man

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QUINACRINE staining1 can be used to distinguish between different heterochromatic segments in various organisms and Giemsa staining has been used to locate constitutive heterochromatin in human chromosomes2. In using both these techniques on human chromosome preparations we have found certain specific staining properties of hetero-chromatic segments which suggest the existence of at least two different constitutive heterochromatins.

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    RICHARD GAGNÉ, ROBERT TANGUAY & CLAUDE LABERGE

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GAGNÉ, R., TANGUAY, R. & LABERGE, C. Differential Staining Patterns of Heterochromatin in Man. Nature New Biology 232, 29–30 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio232029a0

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