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Chromosome Polymorphism in American Negro and White Populations

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THE biological and clinical implications of variations of human chromosome lengths are poorly understood.

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  1. University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, 80220

    H. A. LUBS

  2. Department of Biology, Kline Biology Tower, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520

    F. H. RUDDLE

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LUBS, H., RUDDLE, F. Chromosome Polymorphism in American Negro and White Populations. Nature 233, 134–136 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233134a0

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