Article
Two different phenotypes of fetuses with chromosomal triploidy: correlation with parental origin of the extra haploid set.
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Mar 1991
McFadden D E, Kalousek D K
Abstract excerpt
Triploidy is a condition in which there is over-representation of one parental genome. Recent work in experimental mouse embryo-genesis suggests that the parental origin of the extra genome in triploidy may have specific effects on both embryonic/fetal phenotype and placental development due to an "imprinting" effect. We studied 19 human triploid fetuses and discerned 2 distinct fetal phenotypes, as well as the...
Topics
- Aneuploidy
- Female
- Fetus
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Placenta
- Pregnancy
