Down syndrome: Genetic recombination and the origin of the extra chromosome 21

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-100

  Hassold, Terry ^a   Sherman, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 21; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; NONDISJUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; REVIEW; TRISOMY 21;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NONDISJUNCTION, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TRISOMY;

EID: 0034001512     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2000.570201.x     Document Type: Review

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