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For a better understanding of the nucleolar structures it is advisable to make a distinction between the nucleolus organizer region and the nucleolus
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Aknowledgement: The original investigations reported in this paper were supported by the Österreichische Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Projekt P 5665).
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Schwarzacher, H.G., Wachtler, F. (1987). Nucleolus organizer regions and nucleoli: cytological findings. In: Stahl, A., Luciani, J.M., Vagner-Capodano, A.M. (eds) Chromosomes Today. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9166-4_24
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