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Human Chromosome Variation: Heteromorphism, Polymorphism and Pathogenesis

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The term heteromorphism is especially applicable to normal variants observed by chromosome banding techniques . However, normal variations in morphology in certain regions of the human genome were noted even before the advent of chromosome banding. In the first Conference on Standardization in Human Cytogenetics in Denver in 1960 [1], chromosomes were divided into Groups A–G based on their relative sizes and positions of the centromeres.

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    Herman E. Wyandt

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA

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  3. Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA

    Vijay S. Tonk

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Wyandt, H.E., Wilson, G.N., Tonk, V.S. (2017). Chromosome Heteromorphism. In: Human Chromosome Variation: Heteromorphism, Polymorphism and Pathogenesis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3035-2_2

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