| Literature DB >> 3610159 |
T Hassold, P A Jacobs, D Pettay.
Abstract
Nucleolar organizing region (NOR) variants of parents of karyotyped spontaneous abortions were examined to test the hypothesis that double NORs are important in the genesis of acrocentric trisomies. We were unable to detect any significant difference in the frequency or types of NOR variants between parents of acrocentric trisomies and parents of other types of spontaneous abortions, nor did we identify a double NOR in either group. Thus, it seems unlikely that double NORs are of major significance in the etiology of acrocentric trisomies.Mesh:
Year: 1987 PMID: 3610159 DOI: 10.1007/bf00272449
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Genet ISSN: 0340-6717 Impact factor: 4.132