Abstract
Sex chromatin counts of subcultured cells of both female human mammary tumor and female rabbit kidney show a considerable drop from an initial high level. Cultures in which sex chromatin persists also retain the viral insensitivity of their source material.
Keywords
Sex chromatinChromatinBiologyAndrologyCell biologyGeneticsMedicineDNA
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- 1961
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 133
- Issue
- 3445
- Pages
- 43-44
- Citations
- 9
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Ernest V. Orsi,
Roslyn E. Wallace,
Hilda B. Ritter
(1961).
Changes in Incidence of Sex Chromatin in Subcultured Cells.
Science
, 133
(3445)
, 43-44.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.133.3445.43
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- DOI
- 10.1126/science.133.3445.43