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FIGURE 5.2. Ideograms of the 24 human chromosomes. Black and white bands correspond to G dark and light bands, respec-
tively. Shaded bands represent heterochromatic regions. Hatched areas mark the centromere positions. Bands are num-
bered according to the International Standard of Human Cytogenetic Nomenclature (Mitelman 1995).
