Article
Euchromatic 16p+ heteromorphism: first report in North America.
American journal of medical genetics - 1 Dec 1990
Jalal S M, Schneider N R, Kukolich M K, Wilson G N
Abstract excerpt
A heteromorphism of the short arm of 16 (16p+) was discovered in 2 unrelated infants. By G banding, the euchromatic variant appears as a light and a medium dark band just distal to the centromere. This results in an increase of the short arm by about 1/3. The same variant was present in the normal father and the normal paternal grandmother in one family and mildly retarded mother in the 2nd family. The anomalies...
Topics
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Banding
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16
- Face
- Genetic Variation
- Growth Disorders
- Heterochromatin
- Humans
- Hypospadias
- Infant