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Lubs et al. (Population cytogenetic studies in humans, 1977) found a detectably larger C-band-positive centromeric (cen+) region in chromosome 2 in 0.8% of 7- and 8-year-olds. No other studies have specifically addressed the frequency of 2cen+ in the normal population.
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Wyandt, H.E., Tonk, V.S. (2011). Chromosome 2. In: Human Chromosome Variation: Heteromorphism and Polymorphism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0896-9_7
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