Mystery Object Amid the Chromosomes

 Text of artical which appeared inthe Brittish journal
 "Nature",Vol. 323.25, September 1986.Mystery Object Amid The
 Chromosomes___________________________________  Sir - The very
 thin object shownbelow like a fragmented crosswordin appearence,
 was recently foundin one of our routine chromosomepreparations
 for prenatal diagnosisfollowing aminiocentisis. But whatis it?
 Is it a man made device? Packingtext as binary coded information
 onthe miniature scale (the scale baris 10 micro-milimeters) would
 seemadvantageous. Or is it a naturallyoccuring substance? None
 of thepossibilities we have been able tothink of would seem
 to be appro-priate to amniotic fluid, so ifanybody is able to
 suggest ananswer to this mystery we wouldlike to have it.We are
 as intrigued as we areignorant.              John Wolstenholme
 Ian Harlow              George Clarke              Hilary
 Sheridan              Jon Jonasson              Mark Crocker
 Helen MatthewsDepartment of Medical GeneticsChurchill Hospital,
 Headington,Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK


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