Characterization of susceptible chiasma configurations that increase the risk for maternal nondisjunction of chromosome 21

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1391-1399

  Lamb, Neil E ^a   Feingold, Eleanor ^b   Savage, Amanda ^a   Avramopoulos, Dimitris ^c   Freeman, Sallie ^a   Gu, Yuanchao ^a   Hallberg, Anni ^e   Hersey, Jane ^a   Karadima, Georgia ^c   Pettay, Dorothy ^a   Saker, Denise ^d   Shen, Joe ^d   Taft, Lisa ^a   Mikkelsen, Margareta ^e   Petersen, Michael B ^c,e   Hassold, Terry ^d   Sherman, Stephanie L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute of Child Health   (Greece)

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

^e JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 21; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; NONDISJUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; SOMATIC CROSSING OVER; TELOMERE;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONDISJUNCTION, GENETIC; PROPHASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 9844220844     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.9.1391     Document Type: Article

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