Maternal meiosis I non-disjunction of chromosome 15: Dependence of the maternal age effect on level of recombination

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1011-1019

  Robinson, W P ^a,i   Kuchinka, B D ^a   Bernasconi, F ^a   Petersen, M B ^b   Schulze, A ^b   Brondum Nielsen K ^b   Christian, S L ^c   Ledbetter, D H ^c   Schinzel, A A ^d   Horsthemke, B ^e   Schuffenhauer, S ^f   Michaelis, R C ^g   Langlois, S ^a   Hassold, T J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^f LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^h CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONDISJUNCTION; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MEIOSIS; NONDISJUNCTION, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRISOMY;

EID: 7144260410     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.6.1011     Document Type: Article

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