Chromosome variant 1qh− and its influence on the 3D organization of chromosome 1 heterochromatin in interphase nucleus of patients with endometriosis

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This work was partly supported by target financing SF0180096s08 from the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research. We are thankful to Prof. A. žarkovski from the Institute of Pharmacology, University of Tartu, for fruitful suggestions; assistants Marika Masso and Anu Kaldmaa from the Institute of Biomedicine, University of Tartu, for help in the collection of materials for the study. Author information Authors and Affiliations Corresponding author Additional information [Mikelsaar R., Paves H., Org K. and Mikelsaar A.-V. 2014 Chromosome variant 1qh- and its influence on the 3D-organization of chromosome 1 heterochromatin in interphase nucleus of patients with endometriosis. J. Genet. 93, xx–xx] Rights and permissions About this article Cite this article MIKELSAAR, R., PAVES, H., ORG, K. et al. Chromosome variant 1qh− and its influence on the 3D organization of chromosome 1 heterochromatin in interphase nucleus of patients with endometriosis. J Genet 93, 219–223 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-014-0340-9 Received: Revised: Accepted: Published: Issue date: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-014-0340-9