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Sex-Chromatin Variations in Institutionalized Females

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The maximum number of sex-chromatin bodies in any cell nucleus is one less than the number of X chromosomes in that nucleus. After the single-X nature of the sex-chromatin body was demonstrated [16], Lyon [10] proposed a hypothesis which postulated that only one X chromosome continues to be active in each mammalian cell, and that each sex-chromatin body is derived from one of the cell’s inactivated X chromosomes.

With the technical assistance of Wilma Powell and Paul Reier.

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    Joseph Wortis M.D. (Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry) (Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry)

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Kaplan, A.R., Powell, W., Thomas, P.J. (1967). Sex-Chromatin Variations in Institutionalized Females. In: Wortis, J. (eds) Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8228-7_3

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