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Correlation of intercentromeric distance, mosaicism, and sexual phenotype: molecular localization of breakpoints in isodicentric Y chromosomes.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Nov 2011
Beaulieu Bergeron Mélanie, Brochu Pierre, Lemyre Emmanuelle, Lemieux Nicole
Abstract excerpt
Isodicentric chromosomes are among the structural abnormalities of the Y chromosome that are commonly identified in patients. The simultaneous 45,X cell line that is generated in cell division due to instability of the isodicentric Y chromosome [idic(Y)] has long been hypothesized to explain the variable sexual development of these patients, although gonads have been studied in only a subset of cases. We report...
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