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Effect of sex, age and cultivation time on number of satellites and acrocentric associations in man

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Lymphocyte cultures of 120 normal persons evenly distributed in relation to sex and age groups were studied. A total of 3900 cells were examined, 3600 in 3-day cultures and 300 in cultivations maintained for 2 days. In both age groups (10–13; 62–96 years) men showed higher numbers of satellites per cell but less cells with D/G associations. Older subjects presented a lower number of cells with D satellites and acrocentric associations; the pattern of these associations, however, did not seem to vary with age. The mean number of associations per cell decreased significantly in 3-day as opposed to 2-day cultures.

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    Margarete S. Mattevi & Francisco M. Salzano

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Mattevi, M.S., Salzano, F.M. Effect of sex, age and cultivation time on number of satellites and acrocentric associations in man. Humangenetik 29, 265–270 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00394187

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