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Robertsonian Translocations: Mechanisms of Formation, Aneuploidy, and Uniparental Disomy and Diagnostic Considerations
1 Sept 2002
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Robertsonian translocations (ROBs) are rearrangements of the acrocentric chromosomes 13-15 and 21-22. Cytologically, ROBs between homologous chromosomes cannot be distinguished from isochromosomes that originate through duplication of a single homologue. Both types of rearrangements can be involved in aneuploidy. A conceptus with a trisomy or a monosomy can be rescued, and in a proportion of cases, a uniparental...
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