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Characterization of a small supernumerary ring X chromosome by fluorescence in situ hybridization.
American journal of medical genetics - 1 Dec 1993
Duncan A M, Macdonald A, Brown C J, Wolff D, Willard H F, Sutton B
Abstract excerpt
We report on a male with mild learning disabilities who has a supernumerary marker chromosome. The marker chromosome was defined by fluorescence in situ hybridization as a ring X chromosome with breakpoints in the juxacentromeric region. Replication studies suggest that the ring X is late-replicating. However XIST, a gene in the X inactivation centre interval which is expressed exclusively from the inactive X...
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