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Published in final edited form as: J Tenn Acad Sci. 1998 Jul-Oct;73(3-4):87–99.

Table 4.

Comparison of most common fragile sites between Medium 199 and RPMI 1640 with fluorodeoxyuridine in mentally retarded males.

Chromosome Number	Medium 199¹		RPMI 1640 with FUdR²
Chromosome Number	Band Most Commonly Involved (No. Seen)	Sites Represented by Band (%)	Band Most Commonly Involved (No. Seen)	Sites Represented by Band (%)
1	p22 (8)	2.7	p22 (21)	1.9
2	q33 (3)^a	1.0	q31 (24)^a	2.1
3	p14 (71)	23.6	p14 (188)	16.8
4	q31 (4)	1.3	q31 (12)	1.1
5	q31 (10)	3.3	q31 (36)	3.2
6	q26 (7)	2.3	q26 (68)	6.1
7	q32 (9)	3.0	q32 (42)	3.8
8	q22 (3)	1.0	q22 (16)	1.4
9	q13 (3)^a	1.0	q32 (11)^a	1.0
10	q23 (4)^a	1.3	q22 (7)^a	0.6
11	q13 (4)^a	1.3	q23 (7)^a	0.6
12	q24 (4)^a	1.3	q13 (6)^a	0.5
13	q21 (3)^a	1.0	q34 (5)^a	0.4
14	q24 (4)	1.3	q24 (22)	2.0
15	q21 (1)	0.3	q21 (6)	0.5
	q22 (1)^a^,^b
	q24 (1)^b
16	q23 (25)	8.3	q23 (53)	4.7
17	p12 (1)^a	0.3	q23 (4)	0.4
	q23 (1)^b
18	q21 (2)^a	0.7	q22 (8)^a	0.7
19	—	—	q13 (5)	0.4
20	p11(1)	0.3	p11 (5)	0.4
21	—	—	q21 (2)	0.2
			q22 (2)^b
22	q12(1)	0.3	q12 (3)	0.3
X	p22 (2)	0.7	p22 (14)	1.2
	q22 (2)^b
Y	—	—	q12 (1)	0.1

Total cells = 5,096.

Total cells = 4,738, FUdR is fluorodeoxyuridine.

Most common fragile site but differs for each chromosome number between the two culture conditions.

Tied for the most common fragile site for each chromosome.