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A female patient with unilateral gonadal dysgenesis was a mosaic for three cell lines, 45,X/46,X,+marI/46,X,+marII, including two different marker chromosomes. DNA analysis using 17 Y-specific DNA probes revealed that each marker consists of different segments of the Y chromosome.
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Tamura, T., Kuroki, Y., Nagafuchi, S. et al. DNA analysis of a patient with two different marker chromosomes using Y-specific DNA probes. Jap J Human Genet 36, 195–199 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01876584
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