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Science 21 November 1969:
Vol. 166. no. 3908, pp. 1008 - 1010
DOI: 10.1126/science.166.3908.1008
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Centromeres in Human Meiotic Chromosomes

Andrew T. L. Chen 1 and Arthur Falek 1

1 Division of Human Genetics, Georgia Mental Health Institute, Atlanta, and Department of Psychiatry, Emory University, Atlanta

Two heterochromnatic spots were observed in most bivalents of human spermnatocytes at the late diplotene stage from six individuals. It is our belief that these dark staining bodies are the centromeres of the meiotic chromosomes.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)