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Y CHROMOSOME FLUORESCENCE IN PHENOTYPIC FEMALES
Author(s) -
Lucas Mary,
Dewhurst C. J.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb14191.x
Subject(s) - karyotype , fluorescent staining , fluorescence , biology , phenotype , chromosome , staining , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , y chromosome , gene , quantum mechanics , physics
Summary Fluorescent staining has been carried out on the cells of five phenotypic females with Y chromosome material in their karyotypes. In three cases a morphologically normal Y chromosome showed fluorescence indistinguishable from that seen in normal male cells. In two cases morphologically abnormal Y material also fluoresced.