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QUINACRINE dihydrochloride and quinacrine mustard have been used to identify chromosomes at metaphase1,2 and the Y chromosome in interphase3–6. We now report a preliminary survey of blood smears for Y chromosome fluorescence from all newborn males transferred to this hospital from February to April 1971.
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LEWIN, P., CONEN, P. Fluorescent Y Screening of Hospitalized Newborns. Nature 233, 334–335 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233334a0
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