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- 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 rou
- tine chromosomepreparations for prenatal diagnosisfollowing aminiocentisis. But whatis it? Is it a man made device? Packingtext as binary c
- oded 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 anan
- swer 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 MatthewsDepart
- ment of Medical GeneticsChurchill Hospital, Headington,Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK