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Evidentiation of the Male Chromatin Body in Human Peripheral Blood Leukocytes — A Quick Method for the Identification of Genetic Sex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

G. Moscetti*
Affiliation:
Ospedale S. Gamillo, Roma, Italy Divisione Medica A. Bassi, (Head: Prof. Carlo Barbarossa) Divisione di Medicina Pediatrica, (Head: Prof. R. Scapaticci)
C. Alù
Affiliation:
Ospedale S. Gamillo, Roma, Italy Divisione Medica A. Bassi, (Head: Prof. Carlo Barbarossa) Divisione di Medicina Pediatrica, (Head: Prof. R. Scapaticci)
G. Rocchi
Affiliation:
Ospedale S. Gamillo, Roma, Italy Divisione Medica A. Bassi, (Head: Prof. Carlo Barbarossa) Divisione di Medicina Pediatrica, (Head: Prof. R. Scapaticci)
C.G. Barbarossa
Affiliation:
Ospedale S. Gamillo, Roma, Italy Divisione Medica A. Bassi, (Head: Prof. Carlo Barbarossa) Divisione di Medicina Pediatrica, (Head: Prof. R. Scapaticci)
*
Ospedale S. Camillo, Divisione Medica A. Bassi, Circ.ne Gianicolense 87, 00152 Roma, Italy

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A survey has been carried out (using Quinacrine stain) on the frequency and position of an intensely fluorescent body (F-body) in the nuclei of leukocytes from peripheral blood smears in normal individuals and in the main syndromes from numerical alteration of sexual chromosomes.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1972

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