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Abnormal phenotypes in uniparental disomy (UPD): fundamental aspects and a critical review with bibliography of UPD other than 15.
American journal of medical genetics - 29 Jan 1999
Kotzot D
Abstract excerpt
Uniparental disomy (UPD) is the inheritance of both homologous chromosomes from only one parent. The bases are always two events, either two meiotic, or one meiotic and one mitotic, or two mitotic. An aberrant imprint, homozygosity of autosomal recessive gene mutations, homozygosity of X-chromosomal disorders in females, and father-to-son transmission of X-linked traits are the possible and yet repeatedly...
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