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The gene map assignment of a human beta-crystallin gene to 17cen-q23 has been made using a bovine probe in the study of human-mouse and human-Chinese hamster somatic cell hybrids containing parts of human chromosome 17.
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Sparkes, R.S., Mohandas, T., Heinzmann, C. et al. Assignment of a human beta-crystallin gene to 17cen-q23. Hum Genet 74, 133–136 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00282076
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