Article
Molecular analysis of mosaicism for two different de novo acrocentric rearrangements demonstrates diversity in Robertsonian translocation formation.
American journal of medical genetics - 16 Nov 1998
Berend S A, Canún S, McCaskill C, Page S L, Shaffer L G
Abstract excerpt
Robertsonian translocations (ROBs) involving chromosome 21 occur in about 5% of individuals with Down syndrome. ROBs are the most common chromosomal rearrangements in humans and are formed through whole arm exchanges of any two acrocentric chromosomes. The de novo formation of ROBs occurs at exce...
Topics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21
- Gene Rearrangement
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Infant
- Mosaicism
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Prohibitins
- Translocation, Genetic
