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. 1982 Sep;34(5):757–780.

Patterns of DNA replication of human chromosomes. II. Replication map and replication model.

M Camargo, J Cervenka
PMCID: PMC1685429  PMID: 7124731

Abstract

Combining higher resolution chromosome analysis and bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation, our study demonstrates that: (1) Human chromosomes synthesize DNA in a segmental but highly coordinated fashion. Each chromosome replicates according to its innate pattern of chromosome structure (banding). (2) R-positive bands are demonstrated as the initiation sites of DNA synthesis in all human chromosomes, including late-replicating chromosomes such as the LX and Y. (3) Replication is clearly biphasic in the sense that late-replicating elements, such as G-bands, the Yh, C-bands, and the entire LX, initiate replication after it has been completed in the autosomal R-bands (euchromatin) with minimal or no overlap. The chronological priority of R-band replication followed by G-bands is also retained in the facultative heterochromatin or late-replicating X chromosome (LX). Therefore, the inclusion of G-bands as a truly late-replicating chromatin type or G(Q)-heterochromatin is suggested. (4) Lateral asymmetry (LA) in the Y chromosome can be detected after less than half-cycle in 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdUrd), and the presence of at least two regions of LA in this chromosome is confirmed. (5) Finally, the replicational map of human chromosomes is presented, and a model of replication chronology is suggested. Based on this model, a system of nomenclature is proposed to place individual mitoses (or chromosomes) within S-phase, according to their pattern of replication banding. Potential applications of this methodology in clinical and theoretical cytogenetics are suggested.

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