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Hae III restriction patterns are reported in three cases with normal-sized but nonfluorescent Y chromosomes (XO/XYnf mosaics). The 3.4- and 2.1-kb fragment classes of reiterated Y chromosomal DNA were not present in the three cases. Mechanisms leading to these findings are discussed.
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Gänshirt, D., Pawlowitzki, I.H. Hae III restriction of DNA from three cases with nonfluorescent Y chromosomes (45XO/46XYnf). Hum Genet 67, 241–244 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00291348
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