Origin and mechanisms of non-disjunction in human autosomal trisomies

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 313-319

  Nicolaidis, Peter ^a   Petersen, Michael B ^a  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autosomal trisomy; Chromosomal non disjunction; Meiosis; Meiotic recombination; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONDISJUNCTION; REVIEW; TRISOMY; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21; TRISOMY 8;

EID: 0031890840     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.2.313     Document Type: Review

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