The mobile nature of acrocentric elements illustrated by three unusual chromosome variants

Human Genetics

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 653-662

  Reddy, K S ^a   Sulcova, V ^a  

^a QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME 21P; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME 7P; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031903484     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050758     Document Type: Article

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