Sex Chromatin in Newborns: Presumptive Evidence for External Factors in Human Nondisjuncton.
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An incidence of 0.6 percent of sex-chromosome aberrations in newborns was found during a 5-month period, while no aberrations occurred in similar populations before and after this period. Down's syndrome also exhibited an elevated frequency during this same critical interval. A severe rubella epidemic may have influenced this pattern.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 148 3666 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1965